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Storm, 25 Apr 2015: Just after radio gave almost clear, winds hit Heaviest damage appeared to be at the Charles Fletcher farm off Dale Morrison Road, Jimmy Curry's on KY 92, and at Coffey Farms on Old Montpelier Road and damage to trees, huge and small, in the area. Click on headline for story with photo(s) being added By Ed Waggener "It came over the radio last night around eight-thirty to a quarter to nine," Jimmy Curry remembers, "that the worst of storm had passed over Adair County. "Then - it wasn't five minutes later - it sounded like the loudest train came through." The sound was that of straight line winds, which left damage to nearly every building on his historic showplace farm on Montpelier Road - KY 92, damaging fencerows and knocking down trees. Fortunately it did only minor damage to the historic main house on the farm, originally built by Dr. Samuel A. Taylor and which once housed Dr. Taylor's thriving medical practice in a second story room. His place, Donnie Coffey's and Carl Coffey's places on Old Montpelier Road, and the Charles Fletcher place off Dale Morrison Road appeared to have been the worst hit for property damage, but trees and storm debris presented a cleanup problem for residents along KY 768 between Glens Fork and KY 92, as well. This morning, utility workers were making repairs in the area, and at least one insurance agent, Ernie Rogers of Farm Bureau Insurance, South, was out seeing if he could be of assistance to policy holders. Adair County Emergency Management Director Mike Keltner was working with first responders Saturday evening and throughout the night. The Adair County Sheriff's Office, Adair County SAR, the Adair County EM Service and Road Department were on hand, Keltner said. This morning, he reported that personnel from the National Weather Service will be down soon to assess the damage and analyze the storm system which hit the SE section of Adair County, near the Russell County line, the most damaged area. A large barn on Donnie Coffey's farm had much of the roof lifted, trees were down in the front yard of his house on Old Montpelier Road, and tree damage and debris could be seen over parts of his farm. Early Sunday morning neighbors and kin had come in to help with the cleanup and take care of the most immediate problems. Down the road, large Bradford Pear trees had been felled by the wind in the front yard of the Carl Coffey farm in the 1000 MP of Old Montpelier Road. Near the new Adair County Bridge over Cabin Creek, trees were down on both sides of the road and very near the bridge, but there appeared to be no damage to the bridge itself. On Dale Morrison Road, trees were downed and branches were in the road, though not enough to render it impassable. Marshall Barnett, a retired Taylor County RECC employee who said he didn't miss the work he used to have to do every time power lines were put out of commission by the weather, was busy picking up limbs around his yard and examining the work ahead. The biggest task, he said, was a downed oak tree, which appeared to be about six feet in diameter. Smaller trees in his yard and some smaller yard structures including a swing, were damaged, but his residence appeared to have been spared. Barnett, who hails from Sanders' Ridge in Pellyton and still has a home and farm there, located the Charles Fletcher farm which, it was agreed by consensus, suffered the greatest property damage, in the area. A huge feeding barn was simply obliterated; and the short stub of a stack where the farm's silo had been the day before, was all that remained of it. This story was posted on 2015-04-26 11:41:13
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