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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.

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Tornado - Brodhead, KY
Rockcastle County

Date	July 4th, 2016
Time (EDT)	4:27 pm
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	90 mph
Path Length	0.17 Miles
Max Width	40 Yards
Injuries/Deaths	0/0
Summary: A brief tornado touched down on Hacker Lane in Brodhead, KY and tracked southeast behind some residences on highway 2250. Several trees were uprooted and multiple cars were moved. One car was picked up and flipped over.

Damaging Winds

Here is a map followed by storm reports of Damage Winds from Julyl 4th:

..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.