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 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] 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.