FROM STAFF & AP REPORTS
In Crittenden County, wind damage was widespread. Crittenden Farm Supply lost its roof as did several homes in the area. Barns were damaged and trees and power lines were downed. Power company Kenergy said the wind storm caused further outages and slowed work by crews to restore power to about other 11,000 customers still without electricity from the ice storm. Most in Crittenden County now have electricity.
The latest power disruptions overlapped several outages statewide from the ice storm, leaving some customers without electricity for a second time in a month. Kentucky Public Service Commission spokesman Andrew Melnykovych said Wednesday night that the wind and rain storms had resulted in at least 120,000 new outages, a figure that doesn't include Tennessee Valley Authority cooperatives or municipalities.
There were reports of possible injuries in Trimble, Johnson, Hopkins and Whitley counties and of possible tornadoes in Breathitt, Garrard, Knox and Whitley counties, said Buddy Rogers, spokesman for the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management.
In western Kentucky, three tractor-trailers were blown over, two on the Pennyrile Parkway and one on the Audubon Parkway, Kentucky State Police said. One driver suffered a broken collar bone, but the other two were uninjured, police said. Western Kentucky was pounded by sustained winds of 45 to 50 mph, said weather service meteorologist Robin Smith in Paducah. Wind gusts reached 63 mph at Paducah and near Madisonville.
At Murray State University, electricity was knocked off Wednesday afternoon to two residential halls, the main library and some administration buildings due to a broken power pole, said university spokeswoman Catherine Sivills. Efforts to restore power were hampered by continued strong winds, but all power on campus was back by 4:45 p.m., she said.
