Tar Hill, Kentucky

Tar Hill, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°33′56″N 86°13′06″W / 37.56556°N 86.21833°W / 37.56556; -86.21833Coordinates: 37°33′56″N 86°13′06″W / 37.56556°N 86.21833°W / 37.56556; -86.21833
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Grayson
Named after the Federal asphalt mine nearby. The mine and store closed in 1928.	The "Tar Hill store" re-opened in 1928 by the Tulley family in its present location.
Elevation	219 m (718 ft)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	509187
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tar Hill, Kentucky

Tar Hill is an unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.^[1] On April 26, 2011, two tornadoes hit Tar Hill as part of the 2011 Super Outbreak.^[2] The first tornado was rated as an EF2, was 440 yards (400 m) wide and traversed a path of 3 miles (4.8 km), snapping and uprooting numerous large hardwood trees, destroying a travel trailer, a mobile home, numerous outbuildings and barns, and that fifteen homes had major roof damage.^[3] Farm equipment was reportedly thrown 50 yards (46 m).^[3] Other reports stated that this tornado destroyed a house, a mobile home, several barns and other buildings.^[4] The second tornado was rated as an EF0, was 60 yards (55 m) wide and travelled a path 0.28 miles (450 m), snapping and uprooting trees.^[2][3]

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