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Flood — Letcher, KY

Oct 8, 2014

A severe weather outbreak occurred across eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening hours of October 7th. Three confirmed tornadoes occurred in Bath and Pike counties (2 in Bath and 1 in Pike). These twisters caused varying degrees of damage to trees, power lines, and various structures in both counties. These tornadoes were small and extremely short lived, which made them quite difficult to detect on radar. Numerous reports of large hail and wind damage were also received during th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 550438). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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