Livingston storm history

A fatality occurred in a house fire on Farris St in Salem. The fire started when firewood stored near a wood-burning stove in the basement of the home caught fire.

Record flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Smithland river gage, the flood crest of 54.89 feet on the morning of May 6 was about 3.5 feet higher than the 1997 flood. The activation of the New Madrid Floodway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spared the city of Smithland…

Heat indices reached extreme heat warning criteria July 28th.

Heat continued from the third week of July.

Heat continued into late July.

Multiple reports of hail came in from Smithland, with the larger stones measuring from golf ball to tennis ball size.

A swath of large hail fell with a storm moving eastward in southern Livingston County. Hail estimated to golf ball size fell near the Gum Spring Branch on KY-453. Rednaur Rd had truck windows broken out and house windows broken from hail. Damage to siding occurred to a home on Ne…

A tree fell through the roof of a home on Gass Rd.

Quarter size hail fell southeast of Smithland.

Golfball size hail occurred near Ledbetter.

Minor flooding of bottomland and low-lying areas occurred near Golconda.

Minor flooding of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas occurred near Smithland.

A line of storms moving southeastward resulted in downdraft winds destroying a barn while bringing down trees and powerlines.

Hail measured to quarter size fell in Ledbetter as a supercell moved east-northeastward through Livingston County.

There were two separate video recordings of a brief tornado touchdown just east of U.S. Hwy 60 and south of Cutoff Rd. The intensity remains unknown as the touchdown location was not accessible by NWS Storm Surveyors.

Power lines were downed over a road in Salem as a late afternoon thunderstorm crossed Livingston County.