Storm Season in the Bluegrass and Foothills
The National Weather Service's tornado record shows 78 tornadoes within 25 miles of Lexington since 1950, six of them rated EF3 or stronger, and the 2020s already have more tornadoes than any full decade on record so far, with tornado season running mostly March through June. Berea, at the edge of that same weather pattern, adds its own local landmark to the picture: Old Town Artisan Village, the working studio district that helped earn Berea its title as the Folk Arts and Crafts Capital of Kentucky.
What Storm Intensity Means for Roof Drainage
A roof built to handle ordinary rain isn't necessarily sized for the kind of downpour that spring and fall storm systems bring through this part of Kentucky, and older buildings in a concentrated downtown district like Old Town, with rooflines close together and limited space for wide overhangs, can send a lot of water into a small footprint of ground very quickly if the gutters and downspouts aren't sized to match.
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Sizing a System to the Storm, Not Just the Roof
Sizing the system to the roof's actual catchment area and the region's storm intensity, not just its square footage, matters in Berea, particularly for downtown lots near Old Town where runoff has less room to spread out.