Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Knox, Kentucky
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill February 19, 2015 – February 20, 2015 · Knox, Kentucky
What the National Weather Service wrote
The coroner in Knox County said that a man in his 50's was found dead along Highway 1304 in the Payne's Creek area. The cause of death was ruled as exposure to the cold.
The wider storm
A prolonged cold snap, beginning on the 15th, worsened as Arctic high pressure combined with a deep snow pack to produce some of the coldest temperatures since January 1994 during the morning of February 20th. Several locations fell to 20 below zero and colder, temperatures not observed during the month of February in eastern Kentucky since 1899. The prolonged cold temperatures resulted in several counties experiencing widespread water outages due to frozen water lines and frozen intakes caused by ice covered rivers.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 563145. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
Tornadoes near your address
See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.
We couldn’t get your location. Check that location access is allowed for this site, or type an address.