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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
329 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026 /229 PM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/15-16/26 STRAIGHT-LINE WIND EVENT
BULLITT COUNTY
RATING: TSTM/WIND
PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 11:53 PM EDT
START LOCATION: LEBANON JUNCTION / BULLITT COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 37.84 / -85.73
END DATE: 03/16/2026
END TIME: 12:05 AM EDT
END LOCATION: MT WASHINGTON / BULLITT COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 38.02 / -85.58
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY ON MONDAY,
MARCH 16TH FOR THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY NIGHT, MARCH 15TH.
THE STARTING POINT WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LEBANON JUNCTION WHERE A
LARGE OLD SOFTWOOD TREE FELL ONTO A PICKUP TRUCK AT A RESIDENCE ALONG
STATE HIGHWAY 61. MORE DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES
ESE OF LEBANON JUNCTION ALONG S SANDERS LN WHERE A COUPLE OF OLDER
SOFTWOOD TREES AGAIN HAD FALLEN.
THE NEXT REPORT WAS ALONG RIDGE RD / CR 1442 APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES SW
OF MT WASHINGTON WHERE SEVERAL LARGE SOFTWOOD TREES FELL ON POWER LINES
CAUSING ON POWER POLE TO SNAP AND ANOTHER TO BECOME UPROOTED.
FURTHER DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE STORM PATH, A CLUSTER OF DAMAGE ALONG
ARMSTRONG LN CONSISTED OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND METAL ROOFING STRIPPED
OFF OF BARNS/GARAGES. SOME OF THE METAL ROOFING PANELS WERE BLOWN INTO
TREE TOPS AND TWISTED ONTO POWER LINES.
A HALF MILE NORTH ON ARMSTRONG LN WAS ANOTHER INSTANCE OF SEVERAL LARGE
SOFTWOOD TREES THAT HAD BEEN KNOCKED DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO A CHAINED LINK
FENCE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BULLITT COUNTY EMA FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY, ALONG WITH THE HELPFUL HOMEOWNERS WHO
SHARED THEIR TESTIMONY AND ALLOWED ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTIES TO HELP WITH
THIS SURVEY.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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