Power Outage in Pikeville, KY

At 1:15 PM EDT, a tree was reported to have been blown down onto an occupied vehicle. No injuries were reported. Then at 4:38 PM, a public report was made of a roof that was blown onto the road on KY-292 near Whitepost. The Big Sandy RECC also shared a picture of powerlines down near the Greasy community.

The Kentucky Mesonet station located on Dorton Mountain, 13 miles south of Pikeville, recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph at 3:45 PM EST. In addition to this, a fire department/rescue squad in the county reported a power pole being snapped due to high winds at 8:15 PM EST about 1 mile NE of Conder.

A public video showed a tree down on a powerline around 2 miles southwest of Dorton.

Dispatch reported a tree was blown down onto a power line near Hatfield Station.

Power lines were blown down in the Scott subdivision of Pikeville. The downed lines caused both the north and south bound lanes of US23 to be temporarily closed.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Power poles were snapped on Chloe Rd, River View Dr, Myra Barnes Ave and Cedar Creek Rds. Trees and power lines were also blown down and onto vehicles at various locations.

A power line was blown down and onto a house at 2826 Island Creek Rd.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Trees were blown down near the US 119 exit on KY 194, the mouth of Red Creek on US 460, KY 319 near the foot of Hardy Mountain on the Blackberry side, US 460 at the Pollyann Trailer Park, and KY 197 at the mouth of Rockhouse of Marrowbone. Power lines were blown down at 1567 Ratliff's Creek Rd.

Snowfall amounts across the county ranged from around five inches near Canada up to a foot along the Virginia state line. At the end of the storm, nearly 600 people were without power in Pike County.

A power line was downed by heavy wet snow at the Old Path Bible Church in Kimper.

Power lines were blown down onto a residence at 1266 South River Rd and railroad tracks. A transformer was also set on fire.

Three inches of heavy wet snow had fallen in Turkey Creek. Area roads were snow covered and slick. The power was out in the McAndrews and Sidney areas.

Trees were blown down in the city of Pikeville and a power line was blown down on Hwy 23.

Trees and power lines were reported down near Draffin and Millard.

Heavy rainfall of 1.51 inches was measured at Turkey Creek. Six inches of mud and debris covering the road at 225 Caney Fork. Lightning knocked out power at 389 Caney Fork.

Lightning hit substation at Kemper and power is out at Coal Run Village and various parts of the county.

Trees and power lines were blown down on a residence along the left fork of Island Creek.

A tree was blown down onto some power lines and into the road half a mile up Racoon Creek.

Power lines were blown down near Hardy.

Pike county emergency management reported a power line that had been downed by heavy wet snow was on fire in some trees along River Road in Mouthcard.

Pike County emergency management reported that numerous trees and power lines were down across the county.

A power line was blown down onto a home in Virgie, causing the home to catch fire.

Power lines were blown down on Dave Hollow Road off of Jackson's Branch in Ashcamp.

A large tree was down and onto some power lines.

A tree was blown down onto some power lines.

Downed power lines left 2000 people without power across the county.

Power lines were downed along Cowpen Road just above Right Fork.

The roof was blown off a home at Millard. A tree was blown onto a mobile home at Buscurk. Trees and power lines were blown down at Slaters Branch.

Pike county emergency management reported power outages in the Green Meadows area 1 mile south of the Floyd county lin on US 23.

A powerline was blown onto a mobile home on South River Road at Clevinger Road.

A Tree and powerline were blown down on Lick Branch Lane. A Tree was blown down on U.S. 23 and KY 1469. The Damage occurred 2 miles northeast of Virgie.

A Power line was blown down on Highway 468 two miles south of Sidney.

Three trees were blown down along with powerlines. Damage occurred in Pikeville and Biggs.

Throughout the city, multiple trees were blown down. Power lines and fencing also blown down.

A tree was blown down by gradient wind. The tree broke a power line and knocked out power to 938 customers for 2 hours.

Trees and power lines were down.

Severe thunderstorm winds blew off the roof of a church. The debris also brought power lines down in the parking lot area.

Severe thunderstorms downed trees and powerlines, while also causing damage to some buildings and homes across McCreary County during the late evening hours of March 12th.||One of these storms produced an EF-1 tornado just north of downtown Whitley City. A supercell thunderstorm tracked across McCreary County during the late evening hours of March 12th. A National Weather Service Jackson survey team found intermittent damage along the entire path. There were three distinct areas of damage where the tornado touched down. On Chitwood Ridge Rd, several hardwood trees were snapped off. There was also a house that sustained some roof damage. The next area of tornado damage was on the northern side of Whitley City along north Highway 1651, where more hardwood trees were snapped off along with some damage to a few two-story buildings. Finally, the third area of tornado damage was northeast of Whitley City on Stephens Farm Rd. A tree landed on a house, leading to major damage. There were also several more houses with roof damage and additional trees snapped off.||Large hail was also reported in McCreary and Wayne Counties as these strong to severe thunderstorms moved through. Additionally, periodic heavy and training rainfall led to flooding in portions of Floyd and Pike Counties as localized amounts of 2-3 inches fell early on March 13th. Floyd County was forced to declare a State of Emergency as low-lying portions of Abbott Creek along Kentucky Highway 1427 and Middle Creek Levisa Fork along Kentucky Highway 114 were hit hard.

A strong cold front crossed east Kentucky on Wednesday, November 27th, producing damaging wind gusts starting around 10 a.m., and continuing through the early evening hours. The strongest wind gusts were observed between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Numerous power outages were reported across eastern Kentucky along with a few reports of trees down and some localized damage. This includes shingles blown off of a roof in Morgan County, while a porch was thrown onto a mobile home in Pike County. During the peak of the strong and gusty winds, more than 7,000 customers were without power.||The highest measured wind gust across eastern Kentucky, of 57.4 mph, occurred at the Pike County Mesonet.

Severe storms pummeled central portions of eastern Kentucky during the evening hours of May 26, 2019. These thunderstorms developed along a surface boundary, in tandem with a mesoscale convective vortex. These features helped to organize storms into a line, which swept across eastern Kentucky and produced several reports of damage.||Numerous trees were blown down from Rockcastle to Martin and Pike Counties. This subsequently led to thousands of power outages across eastern Kentucky.

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines in Knox, Leslie, Perry, and Pike counties during the late afternoon and early evening hours of May 13th.

An arctic cold front barreled across eastern Kentucky late Sunday January 5th ushering in what would be the coldest temperatures and wind chills experienced in 20 years. Gusty winds up to 50 mph along the front created a few isolated power outages. Rain falling in advance of the arctic front quickly changed over to snow by midnight Sunday night. By dawn on Monday, many areas had received from 1 to 3 inches of snow, with up to 5 inches on Black Mountain. ||The big story was the cold. Temperatures by Tuesday morning January 7th ranged from 2 below zero to 9 below zero in the valleys of eastern Kentucky, down to 17 below zero at the top of Black Mountain. Gusty west to northwest winds combined with these temperatures to produce wind chills in the 15 to 30 below range for most locations, with the highest terrain along the Virginia border dropping even lower. The last time there were widespread below zero temperatures in eastern Kentucky was in the middle 1990s.||Several southeast Kentucky counties experienced water outages from the cold that lasted up to a week. The hardest hit counties were Perry and Floyd.

A quick moving clipper system and associated arctic boundary brought snow showers and snow squalls to eastern Kentucky from Thursday Evening January 31st, to the predawn hours of Friday February 1st. The snow came down quickly, reducing the visibility to below a quarter of a mile at times. When combined with blowing already fallen snow, near whiteout conditions were briefly witnessed. Thundersnow was also witnessed in locations such as Hazard and Paintsville. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches over the lower elevations with 4 to 6 inches in isolated locations on the higher ridges along the Virginia border. Winds gusted up to 47 mph as the arctic front blew through causing several hundred power outages across eastern Kentucky.

From October 28-30 2012, the remnants of Hurricane Sandy merged with a large mid-latitude cyclone over the northeastern United States. This hybrid storm produced a very heavy snowfall all along the central Appalachian Mountains, including portions of eastern Kentucky. ||Precipitation type from this system was heavily elevation dependent. Nearly continuous rain fell over the far eastern part of Kentucky beginning as early as Saturday October 27th. The rain began to change over to a heavy, wet snow as early as the afternoon hours of Sunday October 28th when snow first began accumulating on top of Black Mountain at around 4000 ft. elevation. The snow levels then lowered gradually over the next 24 hours, with 4 of snow reported at 2800 ft. elevation near Dorton in Pike County by the late afternoon hours on Monday October 29th. The snow then made it down to the valleys of east Kentucky during the overnight hours Monday night and Tuesday morning. The snow then quickly changed back to rain on Tuesday below 2000 ft. elevation, but remained as snow above 2000 ft. through Wednesday morning October 31st.||Snowfall accumulations were highly variable across east Kentucky, ranging from nothing up to 18. Most lower elevation locations below 1500 ft. received light accumulations. Amounts quickly escalated above 1500 ft. however with 12 to 18 reported above 2000 ft. The highest report received was from a trained weather spotter at 2400 ft. elevation on Pine Mountain in Letcher County with 18 of snow. Based on reports received from similar elevations in southwest Virginia, it is likely up to 2 feet of snow accumulated at the top of Black Mountain, above 4000 ft. elevation.||The heavy, wet snow on the ridges downed trees and power lines. On the morning of Tuesday October 30th, it was estimated that around 10,000 east Kentucky residents were without power. Also, travel across the higher terrain was very difficult Monday night and Tuesday with near impassable conditions reported at times on Hwy 23 over Pound Gap and on Hwy 160 crossing Black Mountain.||The storm system also dumped heavy amounts of precipitation across the region with 2 to 4 inches of liquid precipitation observed over much of east Kentucky between Saturday October 27th and Wednesday October 31st. Luckily, dry antecedant conditions and the prolonged nature of the precipitation allowed everything to runoff without creating any flood problems.

Isolated severe thunderstorms produced large hail and downed trees and power lines across portions of eastern Kentucky during the middle to late morning hours of July 1st. Two inch diameter hail was reported near Virgie in Pike county. A second more widespread episode of severe weather occurred during the evening hours with numerous reports of downed trees and power lines across parts of northeast and east Kentucky.

During the afternoon and evening hours of August 4th, scattered severe thunderstorms caused tree and power line damage for several counties across eastern Kentucky.

Severe thunderstorms moved across portions of eastern Kentucky on the morning of May 8th; leaving in there wake downed trees and power lines and leaving thousands of people without power.

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass, combined with daytime heating, allowed for scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop across Eastern Kentucky on June 26th. Some of the storms became severe, with large hail, along with downed trees and power lines reported.

Strong winds occurred as a potent cold front crossed Eastern Kentucky on December 23rd. A couple of trees, a few tree branches, and a couple of power lines were brought down by the strong winds. Wind gusts ranged from a measured peak gust of 48 mph at Monticello Airport, to a much lower gust of 31 mph measured at the Hazard Airport.