Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Jackson KY
456 PM EDT Sat Oct 15 2022

...NWS Damage Survey for October 12, 2022 Thunderstorm Wind Event in Bath County...


Strong thunderstorms moved through eastern Kentucky ahead of an
approaching cold front. One of the strongest storms passed 
through Bath County, resulting in isolated wind damage in the 
western half of the county. Most of the damage was confined to 
elevated and exposed structures. 

.Bath County Wind Damage...

Peak Wind (Estimated):  65 mph 
Path Length /statute/:  3.05 miles 
Path Width /maximum/:   n/a 
Fatalities:             0 
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             10/12/2022
Start Time:             6:20 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 SW Reynoldsville / Bath County/ KY
Start Lat/Lon:          38.170040 / -83.852370

End Date:               10/12/2022
End Time:               6:24 PM EDT
End Location:           1 NE Reynoldsville
End Lat/Lon:            38.201839 / -83.813654


Multiple barn and small farm structures were impacted with the 
high winds, causing loss of roofing and wall collapse. Damage was 
generally confined to the more exposed knobs within this 3 mile 
area. Construction techniques, integrity, and age of these 
structures were all taken into account when determining the final 
wind estimates. Several trees and limbs were also broken in the 
vicinity.

&&

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

$$

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1139 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WONNIE                  37.81N 83.15W
10/12/2022                   MAGOFFIN           KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS 

            TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN 
            ALONG KY 460 NEAR THE MORGAN COUNTY LINE. 
            THE EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED. 

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE FLAT CREEK         38.15N 83.86W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   911 CALL CENTER  

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 
            NE FLAT CREEK. TREE DOWN ALONG FLAT CREEK 
            ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 

0354 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WNW LICKBURG          37.80N 83.09W
10/12/2022                   MAGOFFIN           KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS 

            TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN 
            ALONG KY 2019. THE EVENT TIME IS RADAR 
            ESTIMATE. 

0618 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ODESSA                  38.22N 83.75W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   911 CALL CENTER  

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 
            ODESSA. TREES DOWN ALONG WHITE OAK ROAD OFF 
            OF HIGHWAY 36. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW REYNOLDSVILLE     38.18N 83.85W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            MULTIPLE BARNS AND FARM STRUCTURES (CORN 
            CRIB BIN AND CHICKEN COOP) WERE DAMAGED OR 
            DESTROYED DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WINDS. NWS 
            STORM SURVEY RESULTS NOTED THAT THE SMALL 
            BUILDINGS WERE LIGHT AND NOT WELL ANCHORED 
            DOWN, THAT THE METAL POLE BARN WAS OPEN ON 
            THE ENDS, AND THAT THE STICK BUILT BARN WAS 
            OLD AND ALSO HAD A DOOR OPEN TO ALLOW WINDS 
            TO GET INSIDE. ALL DAMAGE WAS LAYING 
            UNIFORMLY TOWARDS THE ENE. WINDS WERE 
            ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 61 MPH. 

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW REYNOLDSVILLE      38.17N 83.85W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            SEVERAL LOCUST TREES WERE SNAPPED, BUT THE 
            NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM NOTED THAT MOST OF 
            THEM HAD ROTTEN TRUNKS. ALL TREES WERE 
            UNIFORMLY LAYING TO THE EAST. WINDS WERE 
            ESTIMATED AROUND 61 MPH IN THIS LOCATION. 

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW REYNOLDSVILLE      38.17N 83.85W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            AN OLDER BARN LOST A LARGE SECTION OF THE 
            ROOFING, CAUSING ONE SIDE TO COLLAPSE. THE 
            ROOF SECTIONS WERE INTACT AND TRAVELED ABOUT 
            30 FEET EASTWARD, AWAY FROM THE BARN. A 
            LARGE TREE BRANCH WAS ALSO SNAPPED IN THE 
            SAME LOCATION. THE NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM 
            ASSESSED WINDS AROUND 61 MPH IN THIS 
            LOCATION. 

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW REYNOLDSVILLE     38.18N 83.86W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            THUNDERSTORM WINDS LED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF 
            2 BARNS ON A PROPERTY. THE BARNS WERE OLD, 
            AND WERE NOT ANCHORED DOWN TO THE GROUND. 
            ONE BARN WAS MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION BY 
            ABOUT 15 FEET AND COLLAPSED. THE OTHER LOST 
            ROOFING MATERIAL AND HAD MUTLPLE NORTH 
            FACING WALL PANELS BLOWN OFF. NWS SURVEY 
            TEAM ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 61 MPH. 

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW REYNOLDSVILLE      38.18N 83.84W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS EMPLOYEE     

            A PARTIAL BARN COLLAPSE. THE WALLS OF THE 
            BARN DID LOOK TO BE ANCHORED WITH A PIECE OF 
            REBARB STICKING OUT OF THE CONCRETE FOOTERS, 
            AND INTO A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 6X6 
            INCH BARN POSTS/VERTICAL BEAMS. NO OTHER 
            ANCHORING CLIPS WERE USED, SO WIND WAS ABLE 
            TO LIFT POST OFF OF ANCHOR. NWS STORM SURVEY 
            TEAM ALSO NOTED THAT MOST OF THE WOOD WAS 
            DRY ROTTED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 65 
            MPH. 

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW REYNOLDSVILLE      38.18N 83.84W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            A PEG CONSTRUCTION BARN COLLAPSED WITH MOST 
            DEBRIS UNIFORMLY LAYING TOWARDS THE ENE AND 
            NE. THE ROOF WAS DISLODGED AND TOSSED 150 
            FEET TO THE EAST OF THE BARN, BUT THE 
            FRAMING OF THE ROOF SEEMED TO BE ROTTED. THE 
            CEMENT FOOTERS THAT THE BARN WAS SITTING ON 
            SHOWED NO INDICATION OF BEING ANCHORED TO 
            THE BARN - RATHER THE WEIGHT OF THE BARN WAS 
            HOLDING IT UP. NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM 
            ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 61 MPH. 

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW REYNOLDSVILLE     38.18N 83.85W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            A ROTTEN OAK TREE WAS SNAPPED. NWS STORM 
            SURVEY TEAM ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 61 MPH. 

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW REYNOLDSVILLE     38.18N 83.85W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES 
            IN DIAMETER WERE DOWNED DUE TO THUNDERSTORM 
            WINDS. TREES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ROTTED, 
            AND WERE ALL LAYING UNIFORMLY TOWARDS THE 
            EAST. THE NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM ESTIMATED 
            WINDS AROUND 61 MPH. 

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW ODESSA             38.24N 83.79W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   911 CALL CENTER  

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 
            NW ODESSA. TREES DOWN ALONG EAST FORK ROAD. 
            TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 

0622 PM     TSTM WND DMG     REYNOLDSVILLE           38.19N 83.83W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            A BARN WAS MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND LOST 
            ITS ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE NWS STORM SURVEY 
            TEAM, THE CEMENT BLOCK FOOTERS SHOWED NO 
            INDICATION OF ANCHORS TO THE BARN AND THE 
            WOOD LOOKED DRY ROTTED. REMAINDERS OF THE 
            BARN WERE THROWN 1/8 A MILE IN A UNIFORM 
            DIRECTION TO THE ENE. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED 
            TO BE AROUND 61 MPH. 

0624 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE REYNOLDSVILLE      38.20N 83.81W
10/12/2022                   BATH               KY   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            AN OPEN AIR BARN HAD ITS ROOF PEELED OFF AND 
            THROWN INTO THE FIELD EAST OF THE BARN. THE 
            NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM NOTED THAT THE WOOD OF 
            THE BARN WAS DRY ROTTED AND WEATHERED. WINDS 
            WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 61 MPH.