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Overview
Showers and thunderstorms crossed eastern Kentucky on July 4th. One particular cluster of storms created a swatch of wind damage across eastern Kentucky and spawned one tornado near Brodhead, Kentucky in Rockcastle county.Tornadoes:
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Tornado - Brodhead, KY
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Damaging Winds
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W PRESTONSBURG 37.67N 82.86W 07/04/2016 FLOYD KY TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREE DOWN. 0423 PM TSTM WND DMG PULASKI 37.21N 84.64W 07/04/2016 PULASKI KY 911 CALL CENTER SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON SMITH VAUGHT RD AND THE 9000 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 1247. 0433 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW BRODHEAD 37.38N 84.43W 07/04/2016 ROCKCASTLE KY TRAINED SPOTTER LOTS OF TREES AND TREE DEBRIS DOWN ON HIGHWAY 3245 ABOUT 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BRODHEAD. 0433 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W BRODHEAD 37.40N 84.44W 07/04/2016 ROCKCASTLE KY EMERGENCY MNGR FOUR TREES UPROOTED. ONE CAR FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. ANOTHER CAR WINDOWS BROKEN BY FLYING DEBRIS. TWO PICK-UP MOVED WITH ONE MOVED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. 0433 PM TSTM WND DMG BRODHEAD 37.40N 84.42W 07/04/2016 ROCKCASTLE KY 911 CALL CENTER TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE ON WEST MAIN STREET IN BROADHEAD. 0451 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW MERSHONS 37.27N 84.14W 07/04/2016 LAUREL KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN 0458 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE BUNCH 37.12N 84.22W 07/04/2016 LAUREL KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. 0501 PM TSTM WND DMG PEOPLES 37.29N 84.05W 07/04/2016 JACKSON KY PUBLIC THE ROOF OF A PORCH OF A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF. THIS IS PER AN IMAGE POSTED TO A WYMT SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. 0502 PM TSTM WND DMG NNE GREENMOUNT 37.25N 84.03W 07/04/2016 LAUREL KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN 0503 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ESE LONDON 37.12N 84.04W 07/04/2016 LAUREL KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. 0505 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N ATLANTA 37.24N 84.05W 07/04/2016 LAUREL KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. 0517 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N MALCOMB 37.29N 83.84W 07/04/2016 CLAY KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN ALONG GUM BRANCH ROAD. 0536 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE LIDA 37.07N 83.93W 07/04/2016 LAUREL KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. 0554 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N JACKSON 37.57N 83.38W 07/04/2016 BREATHITT KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. 0559 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WNW DICE 37.37N 83.26W 07/04/2016 PERRY KY BROADCAST MEDIA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ACROSS A ROAD IN THE COALFIELDS REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL PARK AND A MOBILE HOME NEARBY WAS DAMAGED. 0613 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W DWARF 37.34N 83.15W 07/04/2016 PERRY KY TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ANTLER DRIVE 0613 PM TSTM WND DMG TALCUM 37.37N 83.11W 07/04/2016 KNOTT KY PUBLIC SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN. THIS IS FROM A POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE OF WYMT TV. TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. 0627 PM TSTM WND DMG WAYLAND 37.45N 82.80W 07/04/2016 FLOYD KY LAW ENFORCEMENT LARGE LIMBS DOWN. 0628 PM TSTM WND DMG GUNLOCK 37.55N 82.93W 07/04/2016 MAGOFFIN KY 911 CALL CENTER A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN 0650 PM TSTM WND DMG HAROLD 37.54N 82.63W 07/04/2016 FLOYD KY PUBLIC TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN PER IMAGES POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES OF WYMT TV AND EKB NEWS. TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. 0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WNW PIKEVILLE 37.51N 82.59W 07/04/2016 PIKE KY PUBLIC TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND LARGE LIMBS WERE BLOW DOWN IN THE HURRICANE CREEK COMMUNITY PER IMAGES POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES OF WYMT TV AND EKB NEWS. TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. 0653 PM TSTM WND DMG ROBINSON CREEK 37.39N 82.54W 07/04/2016 PIKE KY PUBLIC A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN PER IMAGE POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE OF EKB NEWS. TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. 0653 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE BOLDMAN 37.54N 82.60W 07/04/2016 PIKE KY PUBLIC TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT A GOLF COURSE PER IMAGES POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. 0655 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW PIKEVILLE 37.48N 82.52W 07/04/2016 PIKE KY AMATEUR RADIO DOWNED POWER LINES IN THE SCOTT SUBDIVISION OF PIKEVILLE, CLOSING US 23 NORTH AND SOUTH-BOUND. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Tornado Photos:
Photos from Brodhead, Kentucky Tornado
Tree uprooted from Brodhead Tornado | Car flipped by Brodhead Tornado | Trees blown down in Brodhead Tornado | Trees uprooted in Brodhead Tornado |
Radar:
Radar Imagery From Damaging Wind/Tornado Event July 4th, 2016
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