Monday, April 26, 2010
Letcher County Home Destroyed By Winds
KENTUCKY....
While weekend storms spared most of eastern Kentucky, a home inJenkins in Letcher County was destroyed Saturday night. Some believed a possible tornado touched down in Laurel County, but National Weather Service officials say they think the damage was cause by straight-line winds , not a tornado. However, officials arrived in Mercer County Monday morning to assess damage left behind by what was determined as an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph that touched down in the Cummins Ferry area, then rose and later touched down along Patterson Lane. Residents elsewhere across Kentucky continue to survey damage and clean up after a powerful line of storms rumbled across the state. Tornadoes were also confirmed in Edmonson and Todd counties.
While weekend storms spared most of eastern Kentucky, a home inJenkins in Letcher County was destroyed Saturday night. Some believed a possible tornado touched down in Laurel County, but National Weather Service officials say they think the damage was cause by straight-line winds , not a tornado. However, officials arrived in Mercer County Monday morning to assess damage left behind by what was determined as an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph that touched down in the Cummins Ferry area, then rose and later touched down along Patterson Lane. Residents elsewhere across Kentucky continue to survey damage and clean up after a powerful line of storms rumbled across the state. Tornadoes were also confirmed in Edmonson and Todd counties.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:42 PM 
