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.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 8, 11:01 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1101 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/...UPDATED WITH TONIGHTS LOW TEMPERATURES HAVING BEEN ACHIEVED EARLIER IN THE EVENING...REMOVED MENTION OF EARLY LOWS FROM ZONE FORECAST TEXT PRODUCT. ALSO FRESHENED UP WORDING REGARDING THE RISING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE HOURLY TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT...AND WIND GRIDS WERE UPDATED THROUGH 3Z WITH ACTUAL OBS TO ESTABLISH TRENDS. OVERALL THE FORECAST HAS BEEN ON TRACK AND WILL REMAIN SO THROUGH 12Z. HIGH WIND WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THROUGH 10 PM ON WEDNESDAY. MODEL DATA AND ACTUAL OBS DATA STILL ON TRACK FOR TOMORROWS EXPECTED HIGH WIND EVENT. HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED SOME GUSTS TO 30 KTS OR SO AT SME TONIGHT AND 29 KTS AT MONTICELLO. OTHER THAN TYPICAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...OCCASIONAL OVER FLOWING CULVERTS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...NO FLOODING ISSUES ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/ LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THE LOW WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY TONIGHT AS IT HEADS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL RACE ACROSS OUR AREA TOWARDS DAWN ON WEDNESDAY WITH A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FORECAST MODELS ARE HANDLING THIS EVENT FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY WITH NO SURPRISES NOTED IN THE 08/12Z RUNS. INHERITED FORECAST WAS TWEAKED ONLY SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE PERIOD USING MAINLY THE 08/12Z NAM. EXPECTED STORM IMPACTS ON EASTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDE: - HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG LOW LEVEL JET PUNCHING NORTHWARD AND RESULTING ISENTROPIC LIFT THIS EVENING WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT. PWATS INCREASE TO TO WELL OVER AN INCH AND THE MODEL CONSENSUS OF FROM BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SEEMS REASONABLE AND WAS ACCEPTED. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY TAKE PLACE... AND HEIDELBERG AND RAVENNA ARE FORECAST TO REACH ACTION STAGE AS THIS WATER DRAINS AWAY LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... BUT NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. - DAMAGING WINDS... TWO MAIN CONCERNS HERE. FIRST IS WITH ANY POTENTIAL LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION THAT COULD FORM WITH THE FRONT AS IT PASSES THROUGH NEAR DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL EXIST OVER OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT BASED ON PROGS. THE LOW LEVEL JET COINCIDENT WITH THE FRONT WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 60 KTS SO A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE LIKELY AS THE FRONT AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONVECTION... WHETHER OR NOT IT CONTAINS THUNDER... MOVES THROUGH. AS THE DRY SLOT THEN SHIFTS OVERHEAD BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... WE SHOULD MIX INTO THE VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR 50-KT GUSTS FROM ROUGHLY 8 AM UNTIL 2 PM OR SO. AS STATED IN AN EARLIER DISCUSSION... THIS SYSTEM BEARS SOME SIMILARITY TO A FEB 2009 SYSTEM WHICH PRODUCED UP TO 60 MPH POST-FRONTAL WINDS. SATURATED SOIL FROM THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD MEAN A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE FROM WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID... WE WILL UPGRADE OUR HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA... AND RUN IT FROM 4 AM UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY. DO NOT ANTICIPATE WARNING LEVEL WINDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD... BUT LATER SHIFTS CAN DOWNGRADE TO AN ADVISORY ONCE THE WINDS SUBSIDE ENOUGH... WHICH THEY SHOULD DO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALSO... GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EARLIER ADVISORY OR WARNING FOR OUR VIRGINIA BORDER COUNTIES. HOWEVER... A STABLE NEAR SURFACE LAYER IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP THE 60-KT PLUS LOW LEVEL JET FROM BEING REALIZED AT THE SURFACE... PLUS THE LOW LEVEL WIND DIRECTION AT MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE TOO SOUTHERLY FOR MOUNTAIN WAVE GENERATION ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF BLACK MOUNTAIN. - FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SNOW THREAT WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT... MUCH COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING INTO THE 30S BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE LOOKS DEEP ENOUGH THAT A FEW RAIN SHOWERS MAY BE SQUEEZED OUT... TURNING TO SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES LOWER INTO THE 20S. A LIGHT DUSTING IS POSSIBLE... MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT/DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST. THE CONTINUING GUSTY WINDS WILL BRING REDUCED WIND CHILLS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY THURSDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM.../THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/ LONGWAVE PATTERN TO BE MAINLY ZONAL ACROSS CONUS THIS PERIOD WITH MAJOR TROUGHS OVER ATLANTIC/PACIFIC. SHORTWAVES AGAIN ARE HARD TO TIME BUT MODELS AGREE IN ANOTHER SYSTEM BRUSHING EAST KY ON SAT WITH SOME SNOW...SIMILAR TO LAST SAT EXCEPT MODELS THIS TIME ACTUALLY PAINT SOME QPF OVER THE AREA. GFS LOOKS OVERDONE WITH QPF WITH ITS 0.5 INCH. IT MOISTENS THE BOUNDARY LAYER TOO QUICKLY THOUGH THE ISENTROPIC LIFT (295K SURFACE) SO FAR LOOKS DECENT. FARTHER OUT...MODELS AND ASSOCIATED ENSEMBLES SHOW FAIR AGREEMENT IN A SYSTEM BEING IN THE VICINITY BY TUE OR TUE NIGHT BUT CANNOT SEE ANY DETAIL. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS BUT ENSEMBLES SHOW SIGNIFICANT SPREAD BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/ CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IFR OR WORSE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AT THE TAF SITES... HOWEVER EXPECT A BIT OF AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE IFR/MVFR THRESHOLD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS STRENGTHENING DOWNSLOPE WINDS KEEP THE LOWEST LEVELS A LITTLE MIXED. NEVERTHELESS... EXPECT IFR OR WORSE CONDITIONS IN HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AS THE POWERFUL COLD FRONT APPROACHES OVERNIGHT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM WILL THEN ACCOMPANY THE INTENSE COLD FRONT AS IT RACES ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG VARIABLE WIND GUSTS TO 45 KTS OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS OR STORMS... AND STRONG POST-FRONTAL WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST GUSTING UP TO 50 KTS OR MORE ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. POST FRONTAL CLOUDS COULD SCATTER A BIT AND VFR VIS/CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME... HOWEVER WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY SMALL AIRCRAFT TO FLY. EXPECT A STRATOCU DECK AROUND THE VFR/MVFR THRESHOLD TO BUILD BACK IN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LINGERING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ044- 050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. && SHORT TERM...ABE/AR LONG TERM....GV AVIATION...SCHOETTMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 402 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 402 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS ON WEDNESDAY. SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WHEREVER HEAVIER SHOWERS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS THE POTENT COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MORNING...LIKELY EXTENDING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE THEN POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS FROM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. ABE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 827 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091330- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 827 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. NUMEROUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD FALL OVERNIGHT. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE THE MOST INTENSE SHOWERS AND HIGHER RAINFALL RATES COULD SEE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING SUCH AS OVERFLOWING CULVERTS AND DITCHES AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1124 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-104-106>109-111-112- 114-090630- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE- MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE 1124 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 11:30 PM AND 1:30 AM. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 1 AM. UNTIL THEN...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...OVERFLOWING OF ROAD SIDE CULVERTS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1:30 AM. KYZ085>088-110-113-115>120-090630- WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1124 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER BETWEEN 11:30 PM AND 1:30 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. DURING THIS TIME...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...OVERFLOWING OF ROADSIDE CULVERTS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1:30 AM. AR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
25 high wind, 10 strong wind, 5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Highway 194.
Blue Ridge Church Road was washed out in Ponza.
Highway 421 was closed for a couple of hours due to flooding.
Page Cutoof Road off of Highway 25E was flooded in Pineville.
Portions of Highway 2012 or Balkan Road were flooded in Callaway.
Water was over a road in Murphy Fork. Trees were also down across this same road.
Power lines were blown down on Dave Hollow Road off of Jackson's Branch in Ashcamp.
Trees blown down on Highway 460 East 6 miles southeast of Frenchburg.
Trees were blown down in the Barnes Mountain area.
Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Salyersville.
Trees were blown down in the Sandhill area.
One tree was blown down on Highway 1274 near Frenchburg.
Numerous large trees were blown down throughout the county.
Trees were blown down on Tap Lane 5 miles southeast of Mount Sterling.
Trees were blown down on Highway 30 six miles east of Booneville.
Several reports were received of trees blown down across roads throughout the morning. Most of the trees were blown down along Highway 190 near Pineville and along Highway 92. Trees were also blown down on KY 66 and Sims Fork Road in the Pineville area.
Trees were blown down on Highway 30 about 5 miles west of Booneville.
Trees were blown down on Highway 1431 in the Whispering Pines area.
A tree was blown down across a road near Fleminsburg. A phone line and a power line were also blown down in town. Tin was blown of many roofs across the county as well.
Power lines were blown down along Whitaker Fork near Big Creek.
A UPS driver reported trees down in the Buckhorn area.
Power lines were blown down on Highway 463 in Leatherwood.
A large tree was blown down on Highway 36 near Frenchburg.
A power line was blown down onto a home in Virgie, causing the home to catch fire.
Trees were blown down across Highway 3257 in northern McCreary county. Trees were also blown down across KY741 near Stearns.
Trees were blown down on Harvest Ridge Road, Tolson Drive and Sandy Ridge Road near Campton.
Trees were blown down across KY1045 in Beulah Heights.
Trees were blown down acros Highway 92 East between mile markers 20 and 25 near Whitley City.
The Triangle Mountain fire weather observing station measured a wind gust of 59 mph.
A 52 mph wind gust blew shingles off a garage near Coon.
Power lines were blown down on the left fork of Blackberry.
Trees were blown down and power was out in the Stambaugh area. At least eight other trees were reported down across the county.
A 2.5 to 3 foot diameter tree was fell on a pregnant woman and struck her in the head. She was taken to a local hospital and pronounced D.O.A. Attempts to save her baby were also unsuccessful. A young male involved in the same incident was also injured and was released from the hospital.
A power line was blown down and on fire at Wolf Bend.
A power line was blown down on Milo Road and Highway 1884 at Packbottom Church.
A pine tree was blown down in Pikeville, doing minor damage to a home and fence nearby.
Power lines were blown down on Salt Well Road on Highway 3412.
Trees were blown down near one of the high schools in downtown Jackson.
A mobile home in Dotson had its roof blown off.
A Sgt. from the KY National Guard reported that wind blew a large tent down in London.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Pulaski | 2009-12-09 | 0 | Other | Indirect | |
| High Wind, Pulaski | 2009-12-09 | 17 | Female | Under Tree | Direct |
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