Editing West Liberty, Kentucky (section)

===2012 tornado===
{{main|Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012}}
On March 2, 2012, West Liberty was hit by an [[Enhanced Fujita Scale|EF-3]] tornado which caused extensive damage to the downtown area.<ref name="storm">[http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/02/2092783/storm-smashes-west-liberty-into.html Storm smashes West Liberty into rubble]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20120304_ap_stormsdemolishsmalltownsinindky38dead.html?c=r|title=Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 38 dead|last1=Alford|first1=Roger|author2=Jim Suhr|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=2012-03-04|access-date=2012-03-04|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref> This tornado left a swath of damage over a mile wide. Many homes and businesses were heavily damaged or destroyed.  Six people were killed and at least 75 people were injured.<ref>[http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Hard_hit_West_Liberty_reacts_to_damage_141321683.html Hard hit West Liberty reacts to damage; WKYT tv; March 3, 2012.]</ref>  Preliminary assessments from emergency officials and media indicated a path length of 60 miles (97&nbsp;km),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Courier-Journal |first=Chris Kenning, The (Louisville, Ky ) |title=A year later, Ky. farmers cope with tornado scars |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/03/farmers-cope-with-tornado-scars/1959055/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> though a [[National Weather Service]] survey concluded the tornado travelled 85 miles from [[Menifee County, Kentucky|Menifee County]] to [[Lincoln County, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=jkl&storyid=80087&source=0#_WestLiberty|title = Details on the March 2, 2012 tornadoes|publisher = NWS Jackson, KY|access-date = 2012-03-06}}</ref> It had the longest track of any tornado in the United States in 2012.<ref>[http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/2012/2012-NOAA-NWS-tornado-facts.pdf United States Tornadoes for 2012] National Weather Service. Retrieved 2013-08-02</ref>

The old courthouse, built in 1907, as well as the new courthouse which was 60% completed were at first, after the tornado, both deemed as a total loss.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wynn|first=Mike|title=Morgan County courthouse, judicial center lost to tornado|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120306/NEWS01/303060035/Morgan-County-courthouse-judicial-center-lost-tornado|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref>  However, this determination was in error as both buildings have been restored and finished, respectively.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

The tornado had also hit the city of [[Wellington, Menifee County, Kentucky|Wellington]] in [[Menifee County, Kentucky|Menifee County]] and was just north of the EF3 tornado that hit [[Salyersville, Kentucky|Salyersville]] around 7:00 PM Eastern time that evening.<ref>{{cite web|title=Details on the March 2, 2012 Tornadoes|url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/jkl/?n=20120302_torsummary|publisher=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Jackson, KY|access-date=June 24, 2014}}</ref>  The tornadoes were the worst in the history of all three of the towns.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}