Power Outage in Somerset, KY

A powerline was reported down across Elliott Drive in Somerset, near Loveless Lane.

A powerline was downed from winds at the 300 block of Pierce Road, near the community of Nancy.

Trees were reported blown down across the road, resulting in downed powerlines at the 2100 block of Faubush Road near the community of Faubush.

A powerline was down in the yard of a residence at the 1700 block of Patterson Branch Road, southwest of Somerset. The pole was also reported to have possibly been broken.

County dispatch reported tree blown down onto a power line off of KY-1247 near the intersection of Raleigh Road.

A powerline was blown down near the intersection of Winding Ridge Road and Oak Hill Road.

Pulaski County received a couple reports of wind damage across the county. At 12:20 PM EDT, dispatch stated that trees and powerlines were down near the intersection of W. Oak Hill Road and KY-914. Then at 3:35 PM, trees were reported to have blown onto the roadway WNW of the community of Billows. Additional trees and powerlines were reported down in the vicinity during the afternoon as well.

The Somerset AWOS located at the airport reported the second highest wind gust in eastern Kentucky, with 69 mph at 5:55 PM EST. In addition, the Somerset RAWS station reported 62 mph at 6:01 PM EST, and the Pulaski County Mesonet (located 7 miles NNE of Somerset) recorded 56 mph at 6:35 PM EST. It is no surprise that there were also multple reports of damage across the county as well. ||These reports include:|At 4:25 PM EST - Public reported that a pine tree was uprooted and had fallen onto a home, leading to significant damage. |At 4:52 PM EST - Broadcast media shared a report of a power pole that had snapped along KY-1676 near Science Hill.|At 5:37 PM EST - A public mPING report stated that trees were uprooted or snapped with some roof damage around 1 mile SE of the Hogue community.|At 5:49 PM EST - Another public report from 1 mile SE of Hogue stated that there was additional tree damage and roofing materials blown off.|At 6:30 PM EST - A social media post showed picture of at least 10 trees blown down or uprooted on the hillside near a residence in Eubank. |At 7:20 PM EST - Public reported that trees were blown down in the Science Hill area, including along KY-635.

A powerline was reported down on West Hwy-80 near the town of Nancy.

Tree blown down onto power lines near the intersection of Clements and Grand Ave (307 Grand Avenue). Dispatch also reporeted that residents saw sparks and smelled gas after the tree fell.

Trees were blown down onto powerlines on Etna Road.

Several powerlines reported down near 461 Shopville Rd. in Shopville, Kentucky.

Sporadic tree damage was observed around the county. A tree was reportedly blown down onto the bed of a pickup truck around 10:55 PM EST in Burnside. County dispatch reported a large tree blown down across Estesburg Rd at 11:15 PM, approximately 3 NNE of Pulaski. Another large tree was blown down across Melvin Church Rd. Power lines were knocked down by trees 3 WSW of Alpine.

A tree was blown across powerlines along KY-635 West, about 6 miles out of Science Hill.

Pulaski County 911 reported trees blown down onto power lines along Stanford Street in Science Hill.

A tree was downed on power lines, both of which were laying across and blocking both lanes of Hwy-1674 just northeast of Somerset.

The Pulaski County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had knocked down multiple trees along Jasper Street, with one tree falling onto powerlines near the intersection with Mount Vernon Street.

Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto a house and power lines on Hideaway Court southwest of Somerset.

Power lines were blown down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down on Smith Vaught Rd and the 9000 block of Highway 1247.

Multiple trees were blown down in and around Somerset. A power pole was snapped off causing power lines to come down onto vehicles parked nearby.

Power lines were reported to have been blown down onto trees.

Power lines were blown down on Hwy 1247 south of Science Hill.

Power outages were reported in Mt. Victory.

A tree was blown down and onto somer power lines on Old Somerset Road near Eubank.

Trees and power lines were blown down mainly in the Somerset area. Areas that received tree and power line damage included Slate Branch Rd south of Somerset, Hwy 1643 east of Somerset, Ferguson, and Bourbon Rd in Oakhill.

Power outages were reported in and around Somerset including along Hwy 27. Crews were still out at report issuance restoring power to residences and businesses around Somerset.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around the city of Somerset.

A tree was blown down and onto a power line blocking a portion of West Fog Hollow Road 5 miles north of Somerset.

A tree was blown down onto a trailer and some power lines on Highway 1247.

Trees and power poles were blown down.

A tree was reported blown down into a power line at a church and another tree was blown down onto KY Hwy 192, blocking it.

Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Hwy 192. Power was out in the area as well.

A barn roof was blown off near Pea Ridge Road on Highway 1003. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 192 13 miles east of Somerset.

Several trailers were blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts. A trailer in the Science Hill Area on highway 635 was destroyed. Trees and power lines were also blown down both the southern and southwestern portions of the county.

Winds blew half of a tin roof off of a shed. Numerous trees and power lines down county wide. Damage caused by winds estimated at 63 mph.

Trees and power lines blown down county wide by wind gusts estimated at 63 mph.

Numerous trees and powerlines down. Several trailers overturned. Damage occurred mainly in the western, northern, and eastern ends of the county.

Numerous trees and power lines down.

Trees and power lines down in several locations throughout the county, including trees down in Bronston as well as near 192 and 3325 in the White Lily area, and power lines down on Clifty Road north of Somerset.

Tree down on Freedom Church Road Gibson Lane. Power out in northern part of county.

Trees and power lines down at a trailer park.

Trees and power lines down in northern part of the county.

Non-thunderstorm wind damage occurred 10 miles southwest of Somerset when numerous trees were blown down into power lines, causing fires.

Lightning strikes took out power lines, and left about 450 customers without power for about four or five hours. A bolt of lightning hit a restaurant on United States Route 27 and knocked a 3 by 5 inch hole in the chimney and also damaged electrical equipment. Several motorists witnessed a bolt of lightning hit the pavement along Grand Central Boulevard with one person saying that "it knocked a piece of blacktop up in the air and it fell on the other lane in the street". A Pulaski County teenager was struck by lightning while in a ski boat on Lake Cumberland, and was in serious condition. Two others in the boat were treated for minor injuries.

A strong gust of wind picked up a trampoline and slammed it into some power lines, causing some residents to lose power in the town of Somerset.

High wind knocked down trees, power lines, and a utility pole in the Somerset area.

2 trees were down across power lines in downtown Somerset. One tree was down across the south end of town near Burnside.

Trees and power lines down.

After an intense wind storm in early March, strong to damaging winds once again struck eastern Kentucky on April 1st. Another unseasonably intense low pressure system tracked from the Upper Midwest to across the Great Lakes, pulling a cold front across the area during the wee morning hours of April 1st. Storms along the front put down torrential downpours with pockets of strong gusty winds. This led to a few instances of poor drainage/small stream flooding as well as downed trees before sunrise. However, the more significant weather arrived mid to late morning as skies cleared and southwesterly winds increased sharply ahead of the storm system's secondary cold front. During the midday to mid afternoon hours, southwesterly wind gusts peaked between 30 and 50 mph in many of the valley locations, with gusts of 55 to 60 mph commonly being observed in the more open countryside and atop ridges. The strongest reported gust, 70 mph, was observed at a Kentucky Mesonet station atop Flatwoods (elevation 2,774 feet ASL) in Pike County.||The strong to damaging winds resulted in many trees being blown down onto power lines and snapped power poles. Power outages exceeded more than 50,000 customers across the Commonwealth. A vast majority of those outages were reported in eastern Kentucky and were most concentrated in the eastern Kentucky Coalfield. Kentucky Power, which covers much of southeast Kentucky took 3+ days to restore power in their service area. Repairs included replacing at least 79 power poles, 30 miles of power lines, 70 cross arms, and 44 transformers. The Big Sandy RECC also took at least two days to restore power to 3,171 of its approximately 12,500 customers. Aside from damage to power infrastructure, two individuals reportedly sustained injuries during the high wind event -- a branch struck a hiker near Natural Bridge and another tree fell on a fire truck in Letcher County. There were also numerous reports of downed trees and multiple instances of structural damage. The most notable building damage was reported in Floyd County where the Triple A Market in Martin lost its roof and an apartment building in Prestonsburg partially collapsed.

A strong upper level storm system and intense surface low pressure moved from the Southern Plains to the Mississippi Valley during the wee morning hours of Friday, March 3rd. The surface low pressure system rapidly deepened during the day on Friday as it passed just north of the Ohio River and broke long-standing minimum pressure records at multiple locations. At Paducah, which has records dating back to 1937, the sea level pressure bottomed out at 977.7 mb, well below the previous minimum pressure record of 981 mb set in 1960. At Evansville, which has records dating back to 1897, the sea level pressure bottomed out at 976.0 mb, once again well below the 979.7 mb record observed in 1926. ||As it approached eastern Kentucky, this system's warm front spread a band of showers northward across the area overnight of the 2nd into the morning of the 3rd. Winds increased across the higher elevations above 2,500 feet and in portions of Middle Tennessee and Central Kentucky toward dawn on Friday. In the system's warm sector, winds were breezy but still relatively tame, generally gusting 25 to 50 mph, strongest on southeastern ridges and near Lake Cumberland. Many locations saw sunshine buoying temperatures to near or above 70 degrees ahead of the system's cold front which approached from the west around midday, but dew points struggled to rise above 60 even in the Lake Cumberland area. Very minimal instability and intense shear proved prohibitive to sustained shower and and thunderstorm organization with the cold front.||While the shallow showers and storms that formed failed to mix down most of the momentum within the storm system's extremely intense wind field, strong cold air advection in the low-levels resulted in an unstable low-level atmosphere behind the cold front. This allowed momentum from the intense winds just a few thousand feet above the ground to mix down and surface leading to a period of strong to damaging wind gusts, most concentrated between 5 PM and 10 PM over eastern Kentucky. Across the ridges and flatter terrain, wind gusts generally peaked between 50 and 70 mph. Winds were weaker in the more sheltered valleys and narrow hollows, peaking at 30 to 50 mph, still sufficient to bring down weaker limbs and trees. During the evening, the NWS Office at the Julian Carroll airport (KJKL) recorded multiple gusts to 58 mph or stronger, with a peak gust of 65 mph. This gust is the strongest measured gust at KJKL since records began in 1981. The strongest gust in the NWS Jackson County Warning area (CWA) recorded on Friday evening was 70 mph at the London Corbin Airport (KLOZ). While these winds were sufficient to cause structural damage, down many trees, cause scattered to widespread power outages, eastern Kentucky was spared from the destructive hurricane force wind gusts that occurred just to the west over portions of Central Kentucky and Bluegrass.||Across the Commonwealth, power outages exceeded a half million customers Friday evening, with tens of thousands of those occurring in eastern Kentucky. Significant power outages occurred in many counties including Menifee, Lee, McCreary, Wayne, Pulaski, Estill, Rockcastle, and Jackson counties. Just north and west of the region, the Lexington metro area was particularly hard hit. Power restoration crews from many nearby states including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas joined local utility companies in what turned into a several day power restoration effort. Many instances of loss of siding and/or roofing material were also observed. More significant structural damage reports were received from Estill and Fleming counties. Just north and west of the region, the Lexington metro area experienced stronger winds and with more widespread structural damage.

The coldest blast of arctic air in years and the most frigid Christmas weekend in decades enveloped eastern Kentucky from Friday, December 23rd through Christmas Day. On Thursday, December 22nd, eastern Kentucky was enjoying mild temperatures ranging from the mid 40s to lower 50s. Clouds were prevalent but peeks of sun shone through thin spots at some locations -- little indicated the arctic front and bitterly cold air mass rapidly encroaching on the Ohio Valley. The front reached the Lake Cumberland area between 10:30 and 11:00 PM and exited the far eastern tip of Pike County by around 2:00 AM Friday morning. Temperatures fell precipitously along the front, with rain changing to a heavy wet snow in a matter of minutes. Just behind the front, wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph blew the snow, leading to brief whiteouts at some locations. Temperatures continued to plummet after the front passed while snowfall rates were so intense that roads became slush and snow covered within an hour. By the time steadier snow ended one to two hours after the frontal passage, temperatures had fallen into the teens and many locations had been transformed into a wind-scoured snowy landscape. Light flurries continued into the daylight hours on Friday but the massive temperature drop and brutally cold winds were by far the bigger concern. Most locations saw air temperatures dipping to between 0 and -5 degrees after sunrise on Friday. Friday morning's temperatures were 50 to 55 degrees colder than what was experienced a mere 18 to 24 hours prior. To add insult to injury, strong winds made it feel more like -10 to -30 degrees at lower elevations. Wind chills at some of the highest elevations approached -40 degrees. The winds finally diminished by later Friday and Friday night but temperatures recovered only very slowly over Christmas weekend and would not rise back above freezing until Tuesday, December 27th. Though snowfall amounts with the cold front were generally 2 inches or less, the bitterly cold temperatures preserved the snow which had fallen, yielding an elusive White Christmas for many. ||The cold snap was the harshest in several years. Wind Chill Warnings were hoisted for dangerous cold across eastern Kentucky for the first time since February 2015. The extreme cold and strong winds led to numerous small to medium-sized power outages as electrical infrastructure struggled in the bitter temperatures. There were also many reports of frozen pipes leading to water damage in buildings and ruptured water mains. Some of the most severe water disruptions occurred in those counties which saw catastrophic flooding in July and were still repairing water distribution infrastructure. Some residences of Perry County remained without public water supply for more than 2 weeks. ||...MINIMUM WIND CHILL REPORTS...||Location WC Temp. Time/Date Elevation (ft.) |Harlan 24 E (Big Black Mtn.) -39 F 1140 PM 12/23 4031|Pikeville 13 S -33 F 1035 PM 12/23 2774 |Somerset 1 SSW -32 F 0945 AM 12/23 868 |Morehead Apt -30 F 0835 AM 12/23 1028 |Triangle Mtn RAWS -30 F 1002 AM 12/23 1359|Somerset 7 NNE -30 F 0930 AM 12/23 1085|London-Corbin Apt -30 F 0818 AM 12/23 1212 |Owingsville 4 S -30 F 0930 AM 12/23 829 |Somerset Apt -29 F 0955 AM 12/23 927|Monticello 4 W -28 F 0850 AM 12/23 1045 |Morehead 4 NE -28 F 0855 AM 12/23 851 |West Liberty 2 SW -28 F 0945 AM 12/23 1071 |Hindman 5 N -28 F 1100 AM 12/23 1556 |Wellington -26 F 0816 AM 12/23 1129 |McKee 5 S -26 F 1120 AM 12/23 1319 |Hazard Apt -25 F 0915 AM 12/23 1253 |Whitley City 3 N -25 F 1045 AM 12/23 1312 |Irvine -25 F 1100 AM 12/23 850 |Koomer Ridge RAWS -24 F 0809 AM 12/23 1299 |Campton -24 F 0115 PM 12/23 1371 |Broadhead -24 F 0945 AM 12/23 1148 |Ferguson -24 F 0825 AM 12/23 945 |Jackson RAWS -24 F 0956 AM 12/23 1388 |Williamsburg -23 F 1037 AM 12/23 1236 |Monticello -23 F 1000 AM 12/23 1091 |Eubank -23 F 0630 AM 12/23 1040|Jackson 14 SE -22 F 1110 AM 12/23 1373 |NWS Jackson -22 F 0950 AM 12/23 1382 |Williamsburg Apt -21 F 0755 AM 12/23 1178 |Burnside -21 F 0850 AM 12/23 830 |Big Sandy Apt -21 F 0755 AM 12/23 1221 |Big Sandy RAWS -21 F 0756 AM 12/23 1180 |Barbourville 3 E -21 F 0740 AM 12/23 1016 |Monticello -20 F 0846 AM 12/23 921 |Somerset -20 F 0730 AM 12/23 1089 |Booneville 2 S -20 F 0825 AM 12/23 784 |Middlesboro -20 F 0915 AM 12/23 2086 |Pikeville -19 F 1220 PM 12/23 1209 |Manchester -18 F 0856 AM 12/23 869 |Peabody RAWS -17 F 0801 AM 12/23 1464|Jackson 14 ESE -17 F 1220 PM 12/23 833 |Whitesburg 2 NW -14 F 1040 AM 12/23 1152 |Paintsville 4 W -14 F 1000 AM 12/23 755 |Yellow Creek RAWS -10 F 0726 AM 12/23 1089 ||Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying|equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers |for their dedication.

A stationary front was located north of the state heading into the day on June 17th, before transitioning to a slow moving cold front that continued to near the state throughout the day. Eastern KY's placement in the warm sector, combined with ample moisture advection from the Gulf of Mexico, set the stage for shower and thunderstorm development. Storms developed to our west, over western and central Kentucky, and began to impact eastern Kentucky by just after noon. Strong winds aloft resulted in wind damage at the surface, as well as decent storm motions. Most of the storms had exited the state just 2 to 3 hours later. Some of the strongest storms brought widespread downed trees and power lines and caused damage to buildings and home around eastern Kentucky. In total, 121 storm reports of damage were sent out as a result of this storm system.

During the second half of March, precipitation across the region was generally minimal to nil, which allowed the forest litter and dead trees/branches to become very dry. This helped set the stage for a high fire danger situation as rapidly deepening low pressure passed to the west on March 30th. Strong southerly flow ahead of the system led to wind gusts of around 40 mph at many locations by early afternoon. In addition, a bubble of very warm and dry air over the Southeast US was pulled northward by the low-level jet and further dried due to downsloping effects off of the Great Smoky and Cumberland mountains. The combination of strong winds, very warm temperatures, dry fuels, and low relative humidities were very favorable for rapid fire spread and a number of small wildfires ended up breaking out across eastern Kentucky.|| After a brief lull in the gusts during the evening of the 30th, the most intense winds with this storm system roared across eastern Kentucky from midnight to 4 AM on the 31st along and just ahead of a line of decaying showers moving in from the west. Wind gusts peaked in the 40 to 60 mph range across much of the forecast area during this time frame. Numerous power outages resulted, especially near/southwest of KY-15. Among the hardest hit was Owsley County, where over half the county lost power for a few hours overnight when the powerful winds blew a large tree down and damaged infrastructure near a substation. The winds also blew trees down onto power lines leading to downed lines and snapped power poles. A few instances of significant roof damage were also reported.

A complex winter storm lifted across the Southeast US on January 16th, initially spreading a mix of light snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the eastern Kentucky during the morning hours. A nose of warm air changed the precipitation over to mainly rain and freezing rain by late morning and early afternoon. Eventually colder air filtered in aloft and eroded the warm nose enough to allow the precipitation to switch back over to snow. As this occurred, most of the precipitation became confined to a narrow but intense band of snow along the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau. The heavy snow led to thousands of power outages from McCreary and Whitley Counties, northward into Menifee County. As the evening wore on, the snow slowly shifted east and split up into multiple weaker bands. Most of the eastern Kentucky saw a warning-criteria snowfall with the exception of portions of Knott and Perry counties.

Heavy snow developed across eastern Kentucky on Thursday, January 6th as a potent low pressure system developed over the Deep South in the morning, rode up the spine of the southern Appalachians during the afternoon, and off to the northeast Thursday night - a climatologically favored track for heavy snow accumulations across eastern Kentucky. The first flakes reached the I-75 corridor by mid morning and spread eastward across the remainder of the area by early afternoon. Snowfall rates of 1 per hour or more were observed during a majority of the event.||The nearly perfect combination of cold temperatures at the surface and aloft led to dry, fluffy snow-to-liquid ratios mostly between 12-15:1 and storm total accumulations on the order of 4 to 9 inches by the time snow tapered off late Thursday evening. The dry nature of the snow prevented any significant issues with downed trees and power lines. However, the warm roads, due to mild weather in recent weeks, partially melted the snow as it fell, leading to a slippery, slushy mess on area roadways. The most notable incident was a 50 to 75 vehicle pileup on I-64 near the Montgomery/Clark County line. Martin County also closed all county highways during the event. The hazardous travel contributed to many single vehicle incidents across eastern Kentucky.

Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky. For some areas, this was the most significant flooding in the last 50 to 60 years, or more. FEMA estimates that this event cost $350-400 million dollars in damages, including both individual and public infrastructure. This is now the costliest event in Kentucky to date.||The first round of heavy rain came through on the morning of Saturday, February 27th. This early rainfall targeted areas along the Hal Rogers Parkway, including Laurel, Clay, Perry, and Knott counties. Flash flooding let to some closed roads for a short time in these areas. ||The second round of rainfall occurred late Saturday night as a warm front lifted northward across east Kentucky. The heavy rain stalled out over portions of Powell and Menifee Counties, leading to flash flooding into the early morning hours of Sunday.||Finally, the third round of heavy rain started late Sunday afternoon and continued through Sunday night. Given that much of the area had already received significant amounts of rain from the past two events, the ground was very saturated, and this last round caused widespread flash flooding across much of east Kentucky. As water made it's way to the larger creeks and rivers, these began to flood as well. River levels on the Kentucky river were some of the highest readings ever recorded, namely at Booneville and Ravenna. Clay City, Heidelberg, Jackson, Paintsville, and Salyersville also saw significant river flooding of which hadn't been seen in 40 to 50 years. ||The periods of heavy rain and flooding led to numerous water rescues and mud/rock slides. Many areas were cut off or blocked due to the flooding. Power outages were also noted and reached as high as 12,000 during the peak of the flash flooding Sunday night.

Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky. For some areas, this was the most significant flooding in the last 50 to 60 years, or more. FEMA estimates that this event cost $350-400 million dollars in damages, including both individual and public infrastructure. This is now the costliest event in Kentucky to date. ||The first round of heavy rain came through on the morning of Saturday, February 27th. This early rainfall targeted areas along the Hal Rogers Parkway, including Laurel, Clay, Perry, and Knott counties. Flash flooding let to some closed roads for a short time in these areas. ||The second round of rainfall occurred late Saturday night as a warm front lifted northward across east Kentucky. The heavy rain stalled out over portions of Powell and Menifee Counties, leading to flash flooding into the early morning hours of Sunday.||Finally, the third round of heavy rain started late Sunday afternoon and continued through Sunday night. Given that much of the area had already received significant amounts of rain from the past two events, the ground was very saturated, and this last round caused widespread flash flooding across much of east Kentucky. As water made it's way to the larger creeks and rivers, these began to flood as well. River levels on the Kentucky river were some of the highest readings ever recorded, namely at Booneville and Ravenna. Clay City, Heidelberg, Jackson, Paintsville, and Salyersville also saw significant river flooding of which hadn't been seen in 40 to 50 years. ||The periods of heavy rain and flooding led to numerous water rescues and mud/rock slides. Many areas were cut off or blocked due to the flooding. Power outages were also noted and reached as high as 12,000 during the peak of the flash flooding Sunday night.

A significant winter/ice storm struck eastern Kentucky from February 14th to 16th 2021. Ice accumulations from freezing rain ranged from 0.25 inches to as much as 0.75 inches by the the time the storm had ended. Sleet accumulations of 0.3 to as much as 2 inches also occurred. The weight of the ice brought down tree limbs, entire trees, power lines, and power poles all across eastern Kentucky. The highest ice accumulations occurred primarily along the higher ridges around eastern Kentucky with much lower amounts in the surrounding valleys. During the height of the icing event, many roads around eastern Kentucky were impassable or nearly so. Many power outages resulted from downed power lines.

A strong cold front moved through eastern Kentucky Sunday morning, November 15th, 2020. Strong southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph, with gusts of 35 to 45 mph at times, were engaged just ahead of the front as it approached the region towards dawn Sunday. Strong winds then continued through the day on Sunday, as the front exited off to the east. ||Numerous locations reported wind gusts between 40 and 50 mph during the day. Some notable gusts included:||- 53 mph - Dorton (Pike County) 11:10 AM EST|- 48 mph - 2 N Prewitt (AWOS Station KIOB - Mount Sterling Airport - Montgomery County) 1:55 PM EST|- 48 mph - 1 NNW Monticello (ASOS Station KEKQ - Monticello Airport - Wayne County) 12:11 PM EST|- 47 mph - 1 ESE London-Corbin Airport (ASOS Station KLOZ - London-Corbin Airport - Laurel County) 9:09 AM EST|- 47 mph - 1 WNW Index (Mesonet Station WLBT - West Liberty - Morgan County) 3:20 PM EST|- 47 mph - 2 S Rodburn (Mesonet Station TRMK2 - Triangle Mountain - Rowan County) 3:02 PM EST|- 46 mph - NWS Office/Julian Carroll Airport (ASOS Station at KJKL - Jackson - Breathitt County) 2:05 PM EST|- 46 mph - Hazard/Wendell H. Ford Airport ( AWOS Station at KCPF - Hazard - Perry County) 9:15 AM EST||Several trees and power lines were also reported down from the event. Reports included:||8:41 AM EST - Tree downed onto power lines near Deck Drive. Over 900 customers lost power in the Oak Hill Area - 1 NW Somerset (Pulaski County)|11:35 AM EST - Winds downed trees onto power lines near Wallins. This ignited a couple small fires in the adjacent woods - Wallins Creek (Harlan County)|2:00 PM EST - Tree down on Snowden Branch Road - Jackson (Breathitt County).

Strong environmental winds, and winds associated with intense rain showers immediately along a cold front, damaged structures, downed trees, and caused power outages all across eastern Kentucky on January 11, 2020. The first bout of winds and damage occurred from late morning through late afternoon as gusty winds developed ahead of a strong low pressure system, while the second episode of winds and damage occurred between roughly 9 pm and midnight as a line of showers and the cold front moved through eastern Kentucky.||In Rockcastle County, a tobacco barn was destroyed in the town of Hiatt due to strong gusty winds, while a mobile home was blown over. In Pulaski County, near Somerset, the roof of a deck was blown into the yard of a neighbor's house, causing damage to the inside of the neighbor's house as part of the roof went through the wall. Several docks at Conley Bottom Resort in Wayne County were damaged as well. A tree and a utility pole were both blown down near the intersection of Kentucky Highway 114 and Woodland Hills Road, while a trailer in Harold had its roof torn off in Floyd County.||Earlier day heavy rainfall led to a large mudslide along U.S. Highway 421 near Hyden. This caused large trees and rocks to fall into the road, subsequently blocking both lanes of U.S. 421 in Hyden in front of the high school. Additionally in Leslie County, a tree was blown down in front of Davidson's Garage on U.S. 421. Several transformers were also blown near Hosea, including on Owls Nest Road at the ambulance service in Hyden thus causing power outages.

Mini supercell thunderstorms developed across eastern Kentucky this afternoon as an upper level system swung through the Ohio Valley. Several of these storms produced damaging winds, including after they merged into line segments. Downed trees resulted in damage to a few homes and vehicles as well as numerous power outages, but fortunately no injuries were reported.

A line of severe thunderstorms tracked across Kentucky this afternoon, reaching eastern Kentucky and the Interstate 75 corridor during the early evening. This line produced numerous reports of wind damage, including the destruction of a mobile home in East Bernstadt due to a tree falling onto it. In Monticello, a tree was struck by lightning, causing it to fall onto a house while also downing a powerline. This line of storms began to weaken as the sun set during the mid evening hours, losing much of its intensity by the time it reached U.S. Highway 23.

A long-lived complex of thunderstorms, originating across the central Plains and Midwest, moved through Kentucky late this afternoon and evening. A tight instability gradient kept the strongest portions of this line of storms confined to the Lake Cumberland region and southeast parts of Kentucky locally. ||The most significant damage occurred across portions of Pulaski and Wayne Counties, including over 4,000 power outages due to downed trees and powerlines. A fireworks tent and utility pole at the Cumberland Crossing Shopping Center in Monticello were blown down by severe wind gusts, while a few tin roofs were also blown down in and north of Monticello. This led to the declaration of a State of Emergency to assist with cleanup efforts. South of Somerset, a large oak tree was blown down onto a house, causing extensive damage.

Periods of rain worked back into eastern Kentucky early on February 20 as a warm frontal boundary lifted north across the Commonwealth. A cold front brought additional rainfall through the afternoon and evening, before drier conditions worked into eastern Kentucky during the morning of February 21. ||Rain quickly spread back north that evening into the 22nd with southeastern Kentucky continuing to see prolonged light rain into the afternoon of the 23rd. A cold front brought additional rain to much of eastern Kentucky late on the 23rd. ||A spike in moisture ahead of this front resulted in additional moderate to heavy rain and high rainfall rates across portions of eastern Kentucky late on the 23rd. The convection ahead of the cold front that evening resulted in the majority of the flooding and flash flooding issues across eastern Kentucky. Showers and thunderstorms capable of heavy rainfall trained over parts of Wayne, Pulaski, Rockcastle, and other counties along the I-75 corridor, resulting in deadly flash flooding and river flooding along the Cumberland River. Later in the evening, the bulk of the rainfall shifted north to counties along the Mountain Parkway. Flash flooding and river flooding occurred in Powell, Wolfe, Breathitt, Magoffin, and Johnson Counties. Lighter rainfall continued into the night as flooding issues remained widespread into the 24th.||Rainfall amounts from this event ranged from near 2 inches in portions of the Bluegrass region and northeast Kentucky, to greater than 4 inches across locations in southern and southeast Kentucky. ||This additional water on top of saturated ground continued to promote mud and rock slides across eastern Kentucky, complete with power outages from fallen debris and trees. Pikeville experienced a massive rockslide early on February 22, resulting in several cars and a building being damaged. Other impacts included countless roads being inundated with standing water, pavement and water pipes breaking, water threatening homes, roads and bridges being washed away, and rising lake levels.||Of the 33 counties across eastern Kentucky, at least 27 were forced to declare State of Emergencies due to rainfall during and before this event. This included Knott County due to over $150,000 in county road damages. Beattyville, Clay City, Harlan, Hazard, Jenkins, Monticello, Paintsville, Pikeville, Salyersville, Stanton, West Liberty, and Whitesburg also declared State of Emergencies. Additionally, the Kentucky Governor declared a State of Emergency across the entire Commonwealth.||The persistent rainfall of the winter season and the amount of rainfall from this event led to Lake Cumberland reporting their highest lake level of 756.52 feet on February 26th, breaking the old record of 751.69 feet dating back to May 1984. As a result, Wolf Creek Dam had to release at a record discharge level of 59,880 cubic feet per second. Cave Run Lake also rose to within 6 feet of their record pool elevation. Buckhorn Lake came within 10 feet of their all-time record, partially resulting in Kentucky Highway 257 near Confluence having flood waters cover the highway isolating 40 to 50 families for three weeks following the end of the flooding rains.

An early season winter storm system tracked across the southeastern United States from the evening of December 8th through December 9th. This brought a wintry mix of precipitation, including freezing rain, to far southeast Kentucky, beginning late in the evening on the 8th. The mixed precipitation lifted north into much of the remainder of southeastern Kentucky early on the 9th, eventually changing over to heavy wet snow through the afternoon. ||The snow came to an end early in the evening of the 9th with some locations in far eastern Kentucky across Harlan, Letcher, and Pike Counties reporting 6-8 inches of wet snow. This in combination with earlier ice accretion resulted in some fallen trees and limbs across southeastern Kentucky, particularly from London to Bernstadt in Laurel County, with approximately 2,000 or more power outages as well. Traffic impacts were also felt as the Kentucky State Police reported numerous accidents on Interstate 75 near and just south of London on the afternoon of the 9th.||A sampling of storm total snowfall amounts:||- 8 - Cranks (Harlan County)|- 8 - Kimper (Pike County)|- 8 - 2 SSE Majestic (Pike County)|- 7.8 - Phelps (Pike County)|- 7.5 - 1 E Big Black Mountain (Harlan County)|- 6.3 - Hardy (Pike County)|- 6 - Eolia (Letcher County)|- 6 - Jenkins (Letcher County)|- 5.5 - 1 ENE Jonancy (Pike County)|- 4.5 - Smith (Harlan County)|- 4.1 - 4 WSW Prestonsburg (Floyd County)|- 4 - Minnie (Floyd County)|- 4 - Delphia (Perry County)|- 4 - 1 NE Panco (Perry County)|- 3.5 - 2 NNE Fonde (Bell County)|- 3.5 - 1 NNW Gibbs (Knox County)|- 3.5 - 2 SSW Leatherwood (Leslie County)|- 3.5 - Gardner (Clay County)|- 3.5 - 6 NW Hindman (Knott County)|- 2.5 - 1 E Paintsville (Johnson County)||Reported ice accumulations:||- 0.20 - London (Laurel County)|- 0.13 - 4 ENE Jackson (Breathitt County)|- 0.10 - Hazard (Perry County)|- 0.10 - 4 E Slade (Wolfe County)|- 0.10 - Nancy (Pulaski County).

A prolonged period of light to moderate rain led to flooding across portions of eastern Kentucky, particularly southeastern Kentucky, beginning during the overnight hours of Friday, February 9 into Saturday, February 10, 2018. This occurred along and ahead of a slow moving frontal boundary as generally between 1.5 and 4.5 inches of rain fell across eastern Kentucky. The hardest hit area was Harlan County, where flooding occurred across much of the county as up to 5.5 inches of rain fell. A state of emergency was declared as the Cumberland River at Baxter reached major flood stage, prompting the closure of all of the city of Harlan's floodgates. The floodgate for the city of Pikeville was also closed as the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River breached 38 feet. Additional emergency declarations were made in Bell, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, and Perry Counties, as well as for the city of Pineville, as numerous tributaries and the main stems of the Kentucky, Cumberland, and Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy Rivers exceeded bankfull.||Nearly 2,200 power outages were blamed on the widespread flooding, while thousands of boil water advisories were issued as shelters were opened to provide water. Several bridges were also inspected by engineers for structural integrity as the flood waters receded. A number of water rescues took place during the weekend and into Monday morning, including nearly half a dozen in and around Hazard. Hundreds of people were forced from their homes as river flooding along portions of the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers continued well into the following week. In addition, the saturated ground led to several landslides and mudslides, including one along Kentucky Highway 74 near Middlesboro.||Maximum storm total rainfall amounts from various eastern Kentucky rain gauges (by county) were as follows: ||February 10-11, 2018 Maximum Rainfall Totals (3 inches +)||...Bell County Gauges...|Middlesboro AWOS 4.54 inches|Yellow Creek RAWS 3.45 inches|Meldrum Stream Gauge 5.00 inches|Pineville River Gauge 4.32 inches|Arjay IFLOWS 4.25 inches ||...Harlan County Gauges...|Harlan 3S 4.71 inches|Harlan 3N Coop 4.60 inches|Harlan 24E Mesonet 5.59 inches|Cumberland River Gauge 4.27 inches|Lloyal River Gauge 4.92 inches|Cranks Creek Lake Gauge 4.82 inches|Big Black IFLOWS 4.14 inches |Evarts IFLOWS 3.76 inches |Cumberland IFLOWS 4.08 inches ||...Knott County Gauges...|Hindman 5N 4.11 inches||...Knox County Gauges...|Barbourville Water Coop 3.66 inches|Barbourville 3E Mesonet 4.11 inches|Barbourville River Gauge 3.72 inches|Artemus IFLOWS 3.92 inches |Dewitt IFLOWS 4.48 inches |Helton Branch IFLOWS 3.55 inches |Johnson Hollow IFLOWS 3.03 inches |Pidgeon Fork IFLOWS 3.88 inches ||...Leslie County Gauges...|Hyden River Gauge 3.77 inches||...Letcher County Gauges...|Whitesburg 2NW 3.43 inches|Whitesburg 2SE Coop 3.81 inches|Skyline Coop 3.52 inches|Whitesburg 2NW Mesonet 3.43 inches|Whitesburg River Gauge 3.65 inches||...McCreary County Gauges...|Whitley City 3N 3.48 inches|Stearns Coop 3.76 inches |Whitley City 3N Mesonet 3.47 inches|Stearns River Gauge 4.00 inches||...Perry County Gauges...|Hazard Water Plant Coop 3.65 inches|Viper 0.5N COCORAHS 3.43 inches|Hazard River Gauge 3.44 inches||...Pike County Gauges...|Pikeville 13S Mesonet 3.44 inches|Fishtrap Lake Gauge 3.01 inches|Virgie Gauge 3.20 inches|Elkhorn City River Gauge 3.54 inches|Myra IFLOWS 3.38 inches |Virgie IFLOWS 3.34 inches |Beefhide IFLOWS 3.59 inches.

An intense line of thunderstorms developed late this afternoon across south-central Kentucky as daytime heating and increasing instability combined with a passing upper level disturbance. Numerous reports of wind damage were reported across the Lake Cumberland region and along the Interstate 75 corridor. This included multiple trees and power poles/lines being knocked down, as well as a couple of roofs being significantly damaged. This line of storms initially produced sub-severe hail, signifying its intensity in a rather warm summertime environment. One instance of flooding was reported in Mount Vernon as several days of moderate to heavy rainfall preceded heavy rain moving through this evening. Additional wind damage took place throughout southeastern Kentucky as this line raced east, resulting in additional downed trees and utility equipment.

The first severe weather outbreak of 2017 struck eastern Kentucky during the early morning hours of March 1st. A line of severe thunderstorms raced across the area between roughly 730 am and 1045 am on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017. A number of these storms packed very strong winds that downed trees and power lines and damaged or destroyed numerous buildings and other structures across the area.

A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms brought down trees and power lines across several counties in eastern Kentucky during the early evening hours of July 7th.

Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms raked eastern Kentucky during the Fourth of July holiday 2016. Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts across multiple counties across eastern Kentucky. One tornado cut a swath of damage across the Brodhead area of Rockcastle county. A number of homes and various other structures suffered damage to thunderstorm wind gusts as well.

A paralyzing winter storm dumped up to 20 inches of snow across parts of eastern Kentucky from the early morning hours of Friday January 22nd through the day on Saturday January 23rd. The snowfall produced by the storm was the heaviest to fall across eastern Kentucky since the Blizzard of March 1993.||The storm system responsible for the east Kentucky snow originated over Texas, tracked across the Deep South and Carolinas, and finally up the East Coast. Precipitation overspread east Kentucky during the early morning hours of Friday January 22nd. The precipitation fell as a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow over southeast Kentucky through the morning and into the midday hours on Friday, before changing to snow Friday afternoon. The precipitation fell as mostly snow for the remainder of the area throughout the event. The snow fell very heavy at times during the morning and early afternoon hours on Friday, with snowfall rates of 2 or more common as a heavy snow band set up across the heart of eastern Kentucky.||The Automated Surface Observing System located at the Jackson, KY National Weather Service office reported 11 hours of continuous moderate to heavy snow with a visibility of 1/2 mile or less. Snowfall rates were 1 to 2 inches per hour during this time.||The snow gradually diminished in intensity Friday night into Saturday morning, with the last of the snow pulling east out of the area late Saturday afternoon. Final snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches in Knox, Bell and Harlan counties, with up to 12 to 20 inches in a strip from Hart County in central Kentucky eastward through the heart of eastern Kentucky into central West Virginia. Freezing rain accumulated up to 3/10 inch in places near the Tennessee border Friday morning, before the changeover to snow occurred.||The storm total snowfall of 18.5 from this winter storm at the National Weather Service office near Jackson, KY is the greatest January snowstorm since records began at this station in 1981. In fact, this winter storm is 2nd only to the Blizzard of March 1993 in the station's record books as far as snowfall goes. ||The storm caused major impacts across eastern Kentucky, especially with travel. Interstate 75 was shut down in Rockcastle County at times Friday afternoon through Saturday morning due to multiple crashes leaving 3,000 people stranded in their vehicles at one time. Power was also knocked out for thousands of customers during the peak of the storm with the hardest hit areas lying close to the Tennessee border, which experienced up to a quarter inch of ice accumulation before the changeover to snow occurred. The weight of the snow and ice also caused some roof collapses including boat docks on Lake Cumberland and Paintsville Lake.

The second of three rounds of severe weather arrived shortly after midnight on July 14th as a complex of thunderstorms barreled southeastward into east Kentucky. This complex of storms produced sporadic wind damage and some flash flooding through the morning hours, hitting the Upper Cumberland region of south central and southeast Kentucky the hardest. ||Round three arrived as a line of strong to severe storms dropped southward across the region during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. Once again, wind damage was widespread and numerous locations experienced flash flooding due to torrential rainfall rates and already saturated ground. ||A 6.5 mile long swath of concentrated wind damage occurred north of Flemingsburg during the late afternoon of the 14th. This demolished a mobile home and injured four people as winds reached 100 mph. An EF1 tornado touched down briefly inside this larger path of damaging straight-line winds. ||All in all, there were around 200 different severe weather (flash flood, wind damage, hail greater than 1 in diameter, and/or tornado) reports called into the National Weather Service office in Jackson, KY for the 36 hour period ending midnight Tuesday night. At one point, over 50,000 east Kentucky households were without power due to the storms with many remaining without power through Friday July 17th.

A severe weather outbreak occurred across eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening hours of October 7th. Three confirmed tornadoes occurred in Bath and Pike counties (2 in Bath and 1 in Pike). These twisters caused varying degrees of damage to trees, power lines, and various structures in both counties. These tornadoes were small and extremely short lived, which made them quite difficult to detect on radar. Numerous reports of large hail and wind damage were also received during this event. Some minor flooding occurred where numerous thunderstorms tracked across the same areas. The storms formed in a warm and only slightly unstable air mass that had set up across central and eastern Kentucky. The primary trigger for the severe and tornadic storms was a very strong and dynamic middle and upper level wind field that was present over the region. The rapid change in wind speed with height caused most every thunderstorm that formed on this day to rotate. A few of these circulations were able to reach the surface in Bath and Pike counties where the tornadoes were reported.

Widespread strong to severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines and brought locally heavy rainfall to eastern Kentucky on June 10th, 2014. A number of homes, barns, and various outbuildings also suffered varying degrees of damage due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

A strong cold front passed southeastward across eastern Kentucky late on Sunday March 2nd. A shallow layer of very cold air infiltrated the area behind the cold front with temperatures dropping into the 20s and eventually teens behind this front. A few thousand feet above the ground, however, temperatures were in the 40s Sunday evening. As a result, rain changed to freezing rain and sleet Sunday night from northwest to southeast. Eventually, the warm layer aloft eroded and the sleet changed to a period of heavy snow for many areas. Periods of snow, some heavy at times, continued through Monday morning March 3rd, before tapering off during the afternoon hours.||Several inches of combined sleet and snow were reported across many areas of east Kentucky. The warm air hung in the longest over extreme southeast Kentucky, limiting snow and sleet totals there, but a thin stripe of freezing rain coated trees and caused power outages over parts of the Upper Cumberland region. Travel was the biggest impact as the combination of prior rain freezing on the roads, with sleet and snow on top made a mess of area roads.

A line of thunderstorms passed through eastern Kentucky during the early hours of November 1st along a strong cold front. The storms produced wind gusts up to 63 mph, blowing down trees and causing numerous power outages.

Isolated severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines and produced large hail for portions of eastern KY during the afternoon hours of July 13. A westward moving upper level area of low pressure combined with abundant low level moisture to produce strong to severe thunderstorms on this day.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines across eastern Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours of July 8th. The worst damage occurred in Pulaski county where numerous trees were blown down and roofs were removed from several buildings in Mount Victory.

During the afternoon and evening hours of March 2nd, 2012, an historic tornado outbreak occurred in eastern Kentucky. Tornadoes struck Menifee, Morgan, Bath, Wolfe, Laurel, Johnson and Martin Counties causing a combined 16 deaths in those counties. The hardest hit areas were West Liberty in Morgan county, Salyersville in Magoffin county, and East Bernstadt in Laurel county. One of the strongest tornadoes in this outbreak, rated at EF-3 with winds estimated at 140 mph, caused extensive damage in Menifee and Morgan counties. This tornado killed 2 people in Menifee county and took an additional 6 lives in Morgan county. The town of West Liberty was particularly hard hit, with every building in the downtown area suffering some degree of damage. Several homes were swept off their foundations. ||A second EF-3 tornado touched down in extreme southeast Wolfe County and cut a path of damage across portions of Magoffin, Johnson, and Martin Counties. This twister was at its most intense strength in Magoffin and Johnson Counties, with winds estimated at 160 mph. This tornado caused catastrophic damage in parts of Salyersville. This second tornado killed 2 people in Johnson County. ||A third strong tornado caused extensive damage in and near the community of East Bernstadt in Laurel County. This tornado was rated at EF-2 and caused 6 fatalities. Most of these deaths occurred when several trailer homes were picked up and destroyed by the tornado. ||An EF-1 tornado was also confirmed in Bath County. This tornado caused extensive damage to trees, farm buildings and residences along its track. Fortunately, no deaths or injuries occurred as a result of this tornado. ||The storms that occurred on March 2nd also produced very large hail. Reports were received of hailstones as big as baseballs. Extensive damage to trees and structures due to thunderstorm wind gusts also occurred. To top it all off, the heavy rain produced by the large and powerful thunderstorms lead to flash flooding in several counties where tornadoes also occurred.

On January 25th, a strong low pressure system developed along the Gulf coast and then tracked northeast up the east coast. The temperatures across eastern Kentucky were slightly too warm so the precipitation was rain before a change over to snow. The event for eastern Kentucky was primarily the upper level low and heavy wet snow fell across eastern Kentucky knocking out the power for Breathitt and Perry counties with only 2 inches of snow reported. Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories were issued.

On December 24th, Christmas Eve, a low pressure system traversed along the Gulf Of Mexico. Moisture streamed up into the area but the Jackson CWA was spared the heavier snowfall as that occurred further east. The event was worthy of Winter Weather Advisories with a Winter Storm Warning issued for the higher elevations in Harlan and Letcher counties. A powerful east coast low pressure developed and traveled up the east coast. The fully developed low pressure system brought northerly flow into eastern Kentucky and created an extended upslope event. The event prompted the continuance of the advisories and winter storm warnings into December 27th till noon.

On December 16th, a low pressure system developed in the plains and then tracked east across the Tennessee Valley. The warm front moved just south of the forecast area. Wintry precipitation fell as freezing rain from the Tennessee border and north up to the Mountain Parkway. The northern counties such as Fleming, Bath, and Rowan received all snow from the event. South of the Mountain Parkway, heavy ice accumulations of 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch were common. This resulted in many homes being without power for an extended period of time. Perry county had more than 2000 residents without power. Breathitt county had 200 customers without power. Leslie county had nearly 4000 customers without power. The northern counties reported 4 to 6 inches of snow from the storm. The surface still had a persistent cold layer and freezing drizzle continued into the 17th. This prompted the issuance of a new winter weather advisory.

During the day of November 16th, a low pressure system continued to intensify and deepen as it traveled northeast along the windward side of the Appalachians. The associated cold front produced strong nonconvective winds and a Lake Wind Advisory needed to be issued. There was also enough instability for a thunderstorm to develop that was able to produce severe criteria winds. The winds did not subside till shortly after sunset. According to the south Kentucky KECC, hundreds of people were without power in Pulask, McCreary, and Wayne counties, due mostly to fallen trees and limbs during the afternoon and evening hours of November 16th.

Severe thunderstorms brought flooding and tree damage, building, and powerline damage to portions of eastern Kentucky on September 11, 2010. The worst of the flooding actually occurred in the normally flood resistent Pulaski county. As many as five inches of rain fell in the Somerset area with numerous streets flooded due to the heavy rainfall. Numerous trees were blown down in near the Wayne county hospital in Monticello.

A warm and unstable air mass, combined with a strong cold front, set the stage for severe weather across eastern Kentucky on August 14th. Strong to severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines, caused flooding, and did damage to a few homes.

On the night of July 18th, an isolated severe thunderstorm caused widespread tree and power line damage across a swath of Pulaski County. Most of the damage occurred within a 5 mile radius of Somerset.

A strong pressure gradient associated with a powerful cold front caused strong winds to blow throughout the day across eastern KY on April 3rd. Damage occurred across several counties due to these winds between 10 am and 1 pm on this day.

A powerful and complex storm system brought rain, accumulating snow, and some mixed precipitation to eastern Kentucky from February 8-10th. Several transitions between liquid and wintry precip took place before the precip changed over to all snow by late in the day on February 9th. The highest snowfall totals occurred in the higher terrain along the Virginia and West Virginia borders.

A powerful area of low pressure moved across the Tennessee valley and then through the mid Atlantic region on January 29th and 30th. The snow first began falling across eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening hours of January 29th as the storm moved across central Tennessee. The snow finally came to an end late in the day on January 30th as the area of low pressure moved up the east coast. Snowfall amounts of 4-8 inches were quite common around the area, with accumulations as high as 11 inches reported on Black Mountain.

The strong pressure gradient associated with a deep area of low pressure that moved across the Great Lakes on December 9th, brought strong and gusty winds to eastern Kentucky. Widespread moderate to sometimes intense rain showers led to some flooding problems around the area as well. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received, inspite of the fact that the winds came up just short of warning criteria. A combination of wet ground and steep terrain allowed the sub warning criteria winds to bring down trees and power lines at many locations around eastern Kentucky.

A strong low pressure system moved from the Southern Plains to the Lower Great Lakes region on February 11th. An associated cold front also moved through Eastern Kentucky during the afternoon of the 11th. Damaging non-thunderstorm winds occurred both ahead of and behind the front. Along the front, a line of showers and thunderstorms brought more damaging winds to the area. Thousands of people were without power, some for several days.

A major winter storm affected Eastern Kentucky beginning on January 27th. A low pressure system moved northeast from the Gulf Coast States, reaching Eastern Kentucky by the morning of the 28th. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain overspread the area during the early morning hours on the 27th. The precipitation gradually changed to all freezing rain, with some plain rain closer to the Tennessee border. By the morning of the 28th, numerous trees and power lines were brought down due to the weight of the ice from freezing rain. An estimated 100,000 people were without power. Some were without power for more than a week. Communications systems were affected, with both land line and cellular service inoperative. FEMA estimated that over $13 million in damage occurred as a result of the ice storm in eastern Kentucky alone. Estill, Johnson, Magoffin, and Morgan counties all received over $1 million dollars in federal aid respectively to help with recovery and cleanup.

A thunderstorm complex moved across Eastern Kentucky during the afternoon of July 28th, bringing damaging winds and flash flooding to portions of the area. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down, and a roof was blown off a barn.

A strong cold front moving across the area brought severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail to portions of Eastern Kentucky during the morning hours of May 11th. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received. Hail up to the size of golf balls was also reported. Two tornadoes touched down as well, with one in Leslie County, and the other in Whitley County.

Strong winds ahead of an approaching cold front were reported across some locations in Eastern Kentucky during the morning hours of March 19th. These winds caused some structural damage, and brought down trees and power lines as well.

A cold front moving across Kentucky during the afternoon hours of March 4th caused the development of severe thunderstorms across the area. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received. Several mobile homes were blown over and destroyed as well.

A strong cold front approached the region during the overnight and early morning hours of February 6th. Widespread wind damage was reported across the area, with trees and power lines blown down, and numerous reports of structural damage. Heavy rain also resulted in flash flooding across the area. Two tornadoes touched down in Eastern Kentucky as well.

A storm system moved out of the plains and into the southern Ohio Valley. Before the storm arrived, arctic air flooded into eastern Kentucky. As the storm system approached, warm air rose up and over the cold air. A brief period of snow and sleet started the event for some, but the overwhelming bulk of precipitation was freezing rain. Ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch occurred for most areas, with Pike, Floyd, Martin, Knott, and Rowan Counties receiving up to an inch of ice accumulation. Electric companies across the area reported that about 17, 850 people were without power, but for only a short period of time.