Power Outage in Inez, KY

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across all of Martin County. Inez was particularly hard hit, with trees and power lines blown down across the city, including at the following locations: Main Street, Route 908 and Turkey Creek Road, New Route 3, Route 645, Old Middlefork Road, Wickerfield Road, Buffalo Horn Road, Rockcastle Road, and Little Rockcastle Road. A tree fell onto and severely damaged a trailer at the Robinson Trailer Park in Inez. A man became trapped in his home in due to downed power lines surrounding the residence, and was still trapped as of that evening. All of the storm damage occurred roughly between 140 pm and 215 pm EDT. However, as of 6:30 pm EDT, power was still out across most of the county.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Pigeon Roost Road near the community of Pilgrim.

Trees were blown down and onto power lines near Calf Creek, resulting in power outages at nearby locations.

Trees were blown down onto power lines in the community of Hode.

A little over three tenths of an inch of ice accumulation due to freezing rain occurred in and around Inez. The weight of the ice brought down trees and power lines around the county.

Dispatch reported numerous trees were blown down in the Turkey Creek area of Kentucky Highway 908 northeast of Inez. As a result, several power outages occurred.

Kentucky Power reported that more than one thousand people were without power across the county.

A nasty mix of heavy snow and freezing created slick roads and weighed down trees and power lines across the county. The highest snowfall amount reported was 6 inches in the Lovely area. A quarter of an inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain was reported in Inez.

Snowfall amounts ranged from five up to eight inches. Near the end of the storm, nearly 400 residents were without power across the county.

A tree and a power line were blown down on Turkey Creek.

Several trees blown down and power outages.

Power was out in Inez. Five inches of snow was on the ground with fine snow still falling.

A power line was blown down on Milo Road and Highway 1884 at Packbottom Church.

Power lines were blown down on Salt Well Road on Highway 3412.

Several trees were blown down. One tree was across a power line and another across a road.

Martin County 911 center reports trees and power lines down county wide.

1/2 inch of ice was reported. Power lines were down.

1/2 inch of ice was reported. Power lines were down.

A line of severe thunderstorms moved through the county producing widespread tree damage. At the height of the storm 85 percent of the county was without power.

An isolated and slow moving severe thunderstorm moved across portions of Martin County on July 1st, 2018. The storm blew down numerous trees in the Turkey Creek area northeast of Inez, resulting in power outages.