Microburst Winds Hit Paintsville, KY July 4, 2018

Overview

A thunderstorm produced microburst winds over portions of Paintsville during the early evening of July 4th, 2018. The storm hit Paintsville a little after 7 p.m. EDT and created winds of between 75 and 85 mph. The damaging winds lasted around a minute in duration and by the time they subsided, had lifted part of the roof off of an office building in the downtown area and removed the steeple off of a church as well. Many trees were felled or damaged. In addition, there were two residential buildings that had large trees fall on them.

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South side of roof lifted off an office building in downtown Paintsville	Church steeple toppled from top of church in downtown Paintsville	Large tree blown over onto a house in downtown Paintsville	Large tree blown over onto residence in eastern portions of Paintsville

Radar

Radar imagery from 5 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday July 4, 2018.

A less common east to west movement of storms.

To provide an idea of how quickly storms can strike and produce severe weather, here is a loop of the storm's core as it descends into Paintsville proper. Total time from storm initiation (6:44 p.m. EDT) to when storm damage first occurred (7:10 p.m. EDT)...only 26 minutes! (images courtesy of GR Analyst)

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