Power Outage in Mount Sterling, KY

The Montgomery County dispatch reported that multiple trees and powerlines were blown down along KY-11 near Mount Sterling. A social media report also showed a truck and horse trailer blown over from the wind.

A couple of trees were blown down, and some power outages were reported in the Camargo area.

A tree was blown down and onto Highway 11 in Levee. Power outages were also reported.

A tree was down on a powerline near 1342 Indian Mound Dr. in Mount Sterling, KY. The tree fell on a powerline but no power outages were reported.

A tree was reported down on Levee Road. The tree was on an electric line, but power did not go out.

Strong winds led to sporadic tree damage. County dispatch reported a tree down onto a power line at approximately 12:35 AM EST on the 31st. A large tree was also blown down onto the intersection of Bedford and Tabor roads. An NWS Employee near Hope reported that nearly all of the trusses on a large barn, which was under construction, were blown over.

An NWS employee reported that he had lost power at his home due to tree limbs falling onto power lines near his home. At least a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation had occurred, and freezing rain was ongoing at time of report.

Dispatch relayed a report of trees blown down onto power lines on Howell Drennen Road southeast of Grassy Lick.

Dispatch reported powerlines blown down west of Mount Sterling with a tree down on Sidney Drive in Mount Sterling.

Dispatch reported powerlines blown down west of Mount Sterling with a tree down on Sidney Drive in Mount Sterling.

The county Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines down on Cecil Pike Road off of Kentucky Highway 11.

A tree and a power line were blown down in the backyard of a residence located on Devonne Drive.

Several power outages were reported across the northern and eastern areas of Montgomery county.

Highway 11, Maysville Road, closed due to downed trees and powerlines.

A large tree was blown down and onto a high tension power line along Hwy 460.

Trees and power lines were blown down on US 460.

Widespread power outages were reported throughout northern parts of the county. Power lines were down in downtown Mount Sterling.

A tree was blown down and onto Maysville Rd. Traffic was blocked until around 630pm that evening as crews worked to clear the tree from the road. The tree also took down several power lines as it fell, causing power outages for a few hundred customers in the area. Wind damage also occurred at the nearby Judy Drive-In. A barn on Maysville Rd destroyed and another barn near the Somerset Christian Church was damaged by thunderstorm winds.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in Judy. One tree was blown down and onto a house. Roofs and barns around the area were heavily damaged. The damage was confined to an area around and within two miles of Judy.

A fence was washed out at Easy Walker park. A tree brought power lines down on Hingston Pike. Multiple roads had water across them with one road closed.

A fence was washed out at Easy Walker park. A tree brought power lines down on Hingston Pike. Multiple roads had water across them with one road closed.

One tree was blown down on power lines on Calk road. One tree fell down on Old Nest Egg near Kentucky 11.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down county wide. A power outage occurred from Camargo to portions of Mt. Sterling. Numerous tree limbs were also blown down.

Trees and power lines were blown down county wide. A porch was damaged near Chapel Road near Mt. Sterling.

Trees and power lines blown down all across the county by wind gusts estimated at 63 mph.

Power pole a tree and power lines blown down on Bunker Hill Road.

Several trees and power lines down.

Trees and power lines down.

Power lines and treetops were twisted off into Aarons Run Road off of Highway 460.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and power lines down.

Widespread freezing rain lead to an ice storm across eastern Kentucky on February 10th and 11th, 2021. Many locations experienced power outages due to ice laden trees and tree limbs falling onto and/or downing power lines. Ice accumulations ranged from as little as a tenth of an inch to as much as half an inch. The hardest hit areas were generally along and north of the Mountain Parkway.

A line of showers and thunderstorms redeveloped across the lower Ohio Valley along and ahead of a slowly southward sagging cool front this afternoon and evening. These entered portions of the Bluegrass region, particularly Montgomery County, by early evening. Segments of this line of storms continued to maintain severe intensity until near sundown when they lost their strength and associated downdraft winds diminished significantly. Tree and powerline damage led to nearly 1,000 power outages.

An upper level low moved into the TN and OH Valley region and then into the Appalachians from Sunday evening, March 11th into Monday, March 12th. At the same time, a surface low pressure system tracked into the TN Valley and southern Appalachians before redeveloping over the Southeastern U.S. during the night and then off the coast of the Carolinas on Monday. Temperatures on Sunday the 11th were mild, reaching the upper 40s to mid 50s. However, the upper level low brought colder air into the region and was strong enough to allow rapid cooling of the atmosphere to near or just below the freezing mark in most locations in East KY between 11 PM EDT on March 11 and 3 AM EDT on March 12. The development of heavier snow bands occurred at the same time over central KY, and with the cooling moving into eastern KY overnight, affected portions of east central KY first. These bands then moved east and affected areas generally north of KY Highway 80 to near the Mountain Parkway corridor. Within the bands, snowfall rates of up to 2 inches per hour occurred, leading to an area of heavier amounts (see storm reports below). ||By 10 AM EDT on Monday, widespread accumulating snow had occurred over most of eastern Kentucky with the final band of snow working across the area. The snow finally exited into Virginia and West Virginia around 1 PM EDT. By that time, the heavy, wet snowfall totals ranged from as little as a half of an inch in some locations near the TN border to about 8 inches in areas near the Daniel Boone National Forest. A few localized higher amounts nearing 10 inches were observed on ridgetops from the Daniel Boone National Forest west. ||At the height of the storm, at least 12,000 customers in East KY were without power. Slick and slushy conditions led to a 40 vehicle pileup on Mountain Parkway in eastern Powell County, forcing the closure of the roadway between 1:30 AM and 2:30 AM EDT Sunday night. In addition to the falling snow, trees and limbs succumbed to the weight of the heavy wet snow and fell onto roadways. Although with temperatures near freezing, plowing and salting improved road conditions during the day on Monday. This process was slowed a bit as highway departments, first responders, and utility companies cleared snow, large limbs, and utility lines from roadways.||...Snowfall Reports from the Wet Snow Event By County and Location...||...Bath County...|1 W Owingsville 3.2 in |Owingsville 2.0 in ||...Breathitt County...|2 NW Haginsville 5.0 in |2 SE Keck 4.5 in |1 SE Fivemile 3.0 in |Lawson 2.3 in ||...Clay County...|Oneida 1.0 in ||...Elliott County...|3 N Stark 2.0 in ||...Estill County...|Cressy 8.2 in |Irvine 7.0 in ||...Floyd County...|Bonanza 2.8 in |Prestonsburg 2.0 in |2 ENE Dotson 1.8 in |1 E Blue River 1.5 in ||...Jackson County...|1 WSW Clover Bottom 8.0 in |Sandgap 5.0 in |1 N Loam 4.0 in |1 ESE Maulden 2.7 in ||...Johnson County...|Thealka 3.0 in |1 WSW Wittensville 2.5 in ||...Knott County...|2 SW Bolyn 2.5 in |1 S Hindman 1.8 in ||...Lee County... |Yellow Rock 7.0 in |2 NNE Mount Olive 6.2 in |1 NE Belle Point 5.8 in |1 NNW Belle Point 4.7 in |Beattyville 4.0 in ||...Letcher County...|1 ENE Payne Gap 2.0 in |1 SSW Ermine 1.0 in ||...Martin County...|2 SW Davella 3.0 in |2 E Inez 2.0 in ||...McCreary County...|1 S Stearns 0.2 in ||...Menifee County...|Frenchburg 7.0 in ||...Montgomery County...|Oggs Station 4.0 in |Mount Sterling 3.0 in ||...Morgan County...|Ezel 6.5 in |West Liberty 4.0 in ||...Perry County...|Hazard 1.2 in |Rowdy 1.0 in |Viper 0.5 in ||...Powell County...|2 SW Bowen 8.5 in |1 SSE Clay City 5.0 in |2 W Stanton 3.5 in |Powell Valley 3.5 in ||...Pulaski County...|2 N Somerset 2.2 in |1 WNW Somerset 1.6 in ||...Rockcastle County...|1 ESE Hiatt 7.2 in |Maretburg 5.8 in |Mount Vernon 3.5 in ||...Rowan County...|2 SSE Farmers 1.5 in |1 NNE Gates 1.4 in ||...Wayne County...|1 NNW Cabell 0.7 in ||...Wolfe County...|Campton 4.0 in||.

The combination of the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Cindy and a late June cold front brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to much of eastern Kentucky this evening. A plethora of moisture in place due to the northward track of Cindy brought hefty rainfall amounts to the Bluegrass region and into portions of east central Kentucky. The highest recorded rainfall amount across eastern Kentucky came from Sharkey, where 3.59 inches fell. Amounts of 1 to 3 inches were common near and north of Mountain Parkway. A few water rescues took place through the evening. Two of these involved residences becoming surrounded by water in Elliott County on Kentucky Highway 1620, while the other occurred near Bethel in Bath County where a vehicle became trapped by flood waters.||Additionally, a period of severe winds and associated tree damage occurred across east central Kentucky, generally within vicinity of Mountain Parkway. These wind gusts were associated with a more unstable airmass that developed farther south ahead of the cold front. Just prior to midnight, Kentucky Power reported nearly 7,500 customers without power.

A line of thunderstorms moved into the Bluegrass region of eastern Kentucky this evening, producing damaging wind gusts generally between Interstate 64 and Mountain Parkway. Several trees and power lines were reported down as wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph occurred. One storm also produced a funnel cloud near Grassy Lick in Montgomery County.

Severe thunderstorms dived southeast into the Gateway Region downing numerous trees and power lines and causing flash flooding during the late evening hours of August 3, 2015. The hardest areas were Bath and Montgomery counties where numerous instances of downed trees and flooding were reported. Rainfall amounts of over 5 were received from the Judy area of Montgomery County for the event.

An area of low pressure that tracked across eastern Kentucky brought a slug of precipitation to the area Tuesday evening and Tuesday night. Most locations south of the Mountain Parkway were warm enough that the precipitation fell as rain, with amounts of one-half to one and a half inches of rain common. However, along and north of the Mountain Parkway, temperatures remained around freezing, resulting in quite a bit of ice accumulation in the trees, mainly along the ridge tops and higher elevations. This ice accumulation downed numerous trees and resulted in some power outages.

An isolated severe thunderstorm brought down numerous trees in the Mt Sterling area on June 23rd. One home, two barns, and several power lines were also damaged by the winds and falling trees.

A cluster of strong and severe thunderstorms raked eastern KY during the afternoon and evening hours of June 21st. The majority of the damage and flooding caused by the storms occurred north of the Hal Rogers Parkway and Highway 80 Corridor. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received at the Jackson weather office, along with a few reports of subsevere hail and flooding.

A strong low pressure system, and its associated cold front, moved across the Ohio Valley region on September 14th. The low pressure system was the remnants of what once was Hurricane Ike. As this weather system approached Eastern Kentucky, winds increased and became strong enough to bring down trees and power lines across portions of the area.