Power Outage in Russell Springs, KY

A very pronounced bowing segment cut southeast across Russell County during the early morning hours on Monday. This area of surging wind caused widespread tree damage in the Jamestown area.||The survey team focused on areas with the heaviest damage which were all south of Jamestown. The first area of considerable damage was at Jamestown Boat Storage on the west side of State Road 92. One of their large multi bay buildings had 5 southwest |facing oversized garage doors damaged. This allowed wind to get into the structure causing parts of the roof to collapse and other parts to blow off. The southeast wall sheet metal was also blown out. Half of the roof was completely gone over 9 bays, and |on the northeast side of the building the whole roof was down over 5 bays. Another storage building, to the southeast, on the same property had a few damaged garage doors and a small area of roof damage above the doors. ||Less than a mile farther south on State Road 92, Stripers Boat Storage had 4 northwest facing garage doors blown in and damaged. Wind that made it into the building blew out 2 southeast facing doors. On the southwest side of the building, there were a couple snapped and uprooted mature trees facing to the southeast. Across the road on Lily Creek Ramp Road, Cumberland Boat Storage had at least 9 bays of their western most building completely destroyed. Wind blew in the doors on the northwest side of the building before blowing off the roof structure and walls. Nothing was left standing on the southwest side of the building. ||A little farther south, a concentrated area of tree damage stretched along a southwest to northeast axis which was along area ridge tops. Along these ridges many roads including Oak Road, Carriage Lane, Pumpkin Creek Road, Harbor Springs and a few |others there were hundreds of large mature trees that were snapped and uprooted, many of which brought down area power lines and poles. Many trees fell on houses causing major damage. A few houses on Pumpkin Creek Road were completely destroyed due to multiple trees falling on them. All the downed trees in the area |fell to the southeast. No definitive convergence was observed.||The last of the damage was observed just under a mile farther south on Harbor Springs Road. Large uprooted trees were a common sight. This brought down power lines and poles, but the damage wasn't nearly as concentrated as that along Pumpkin Creek Road.

Snowfall of 1 inch accumulated with blowing snow and strong wind gusts of 30-40 mph. Rapidly falling temperatures resulted in slick roads and significant travel impacts. Treacherous travel conditions were noted throughout December 23rd, a busy holiday travel day. Wind chills of -25 were observed on the morning of the 23rd. Extreme cold strained the power grid and rolling blackouts were implemented by utility companies.

Power lines were blown down at the entrance to Lake Cumberland State Park.

There were multiple trees down on power lines, mainly along and near Highway 127 North.

Trees and power lines were down.

Trees were reported down across power lines.

There was a power line down blocking the Road on East Highway 619 near Indian Caves Hill.

A law enforcement official reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down trees and power lines.

Trained spotters reported large trees and power lines down southwest of Jamestown.

Several trees and power lines were downed along State Highway 379 just south of Russell Springs.

Thunderstorm winds brought down at least three trees across the county. One fell across power lines on County Highway 910 near Russell Springs. Two others fell on Blair School Road west of Jamestown and near Lakeway Drive in Russell Springs.

Four trees were uprooted. One fell on a house. Power poles and lines were down near the intersection of Shawnee Ave. and French Valley Rd.

Strong gradient winds estimated between 50 and 60 mph downed several trees and power lines countywide.

Gradient winds in excess of 35 to 40 mph brought power outages to around 2000 customers.

Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Some trees were blocking Highway 80 within the city limits.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and power lines were downed.

Trees and power lines were downed.