Calloway storm history

Due to a combination of heavy rain and strong winds, a semi-trailer carrying logs overturned on U.S. Highway 641 south of Murray. The driver was ejected from the cab and died (indirect). Highway 641 was closed for several hours.

Eyewitnesses observed lightning strike next to a woman on the campus of Murray State University. The 50-year-old woman immediately collapsed. CPR was administered, and she died shortly thereafter at a Tennessee hospital.

Considerable flash flooding occurred in Murray and the nearby surrounding area. Numerous roads were flooded, including main thoroughfares such as U.S. Highway 641 and Highway 80. Water entered homes and businesses. Creeks such as Ledbetter Creek were well out of their banks. Broo…

A Kentucky mesonet site measured a wind gust to 101 mph. A number of buildings were damaged, and an industrial warehouse was destroyed. Half the roof was torn off an auto parts store. There was extensive damage to trees and power lines in the city of Murray. Some trees were down …

Extreme heat continued from the third week of July.

Extreme heat continued into late July.

Large portions of a large tree were downed by straight-line thunderstorm winds, with one section falling onto power lines on 6th St in Murray.

Thunderstorm wind gusts caused power outages and blew down trees in and around Murray.

Wind gust measured at the KCEY Murray-Calloway County Airport.

A few trees were downed on the north side of Murray, including a tree at Riviera Court.

A partial fence was blown down at Murray State University as a line of thunderstorms moved across the city. Numerous large limbs were downed in the City of Murray. Doors were blown in at Marshall's department store. Cheri Theatres had their business sign destroyed by winds with d…

A tree was blown into power lines and across State Line Road just west of Hazel.

A large tree was blown onto a truck on State Line Road just west of Moore Road.

A large tree was blown down in Midway.

A tree was uprooted and fell onto a manufactured home at Pine Street and 1st Street in Murray. At the time, flood waters were 8 inches deep in the main floor of the home. The saturated soil likely made it easier for the tree to be uprooted. The home was essentially destroyed.

Street flooding occurred in portions of Murray, including areas that are less typical for flooding. Approximately an inch and a half of rain fell, the large majority of which occurred within an hour.

Nickel size hail fell near Murray.

Flash flooding from the 15th into early on the 16th transitioned to areal flooding along the Clarks River from Almo to the Dexter area. Highway 1346 and other local roads were closed.

One person was rescued from a vehicle stranded in high water on Clayton Drive east of Murray.

Flooding along the Clarks River and Bee Creek closed numerous roads in and around Murray.

Flood waters covered Highway 121 South near New Concord.

Water covered a portion of Highway 94 between Murray and Lynn Grove.

Much of Highway 121 from New Concord southeast to the state line was impassable due to flood waters.

Flood water from the Clarks River was 2 to 4 inches deep in the Calloway County Fire-Rescue substation in Almo. The substation has never flooded before. Flood water caused minor damage to a nearby home and got into the crawl space of another.

At around 1800CST, five vehicles were stranded in high water on Hopkins Rd. Hopkins Rd was closed from KY-464 to Hickory Grove Church Rd. Approximately 2-2.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area at that point, with another inch or so of rain during the evening hours.

Over 700 people lost power in Calloway County as non-thunderstorm winds produced damage to power lines.