Dot, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Dot is an unincorporated community located in Logan County, Kentucky, United States.

The origin of the name "Dot" is obscure.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=145|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=141}}

On February 24, 2018, the community was struck by an EF-2 Tornado.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NWSLouisville/status/967820303949844481|title=Preliminary information from an ongoing damage survey in southern Logan county: EF-2 with max winds 135 mph. Max width 400 yards. #lmkwx #kywx|last=Louisville|first=N. W. S.|date=2018-02-25|website=@NWSLouisville|language=en|access-date=2018-02-25}} One person, an elderly woman, was killed. The tornado was part of a larger weather system that brought several other tornadoes to portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee, along with major flooding to portions of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.{{Cite news|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2018-02-24-severe-storms-tornado-south-texas-arkansas-oklahoma-kentucky-tornado-wind|title=Severe Storms, Possible Tornadoes Strike the Mid-South; At Least 2 Dead {{!}} The Weather Channel|work=The Weather Channel|access-date=2018-02-25|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/killed-severe-weather/story?id=53336923|title=4 killed across 3 southern states following reported tornadoes|date=2018-02-25|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2018-02-25}}