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WKYT Chief Meteorologist. Nothing from this account is automated. I'm a UK, Reds and Bengals kinda guy. #BBN #WhoDey

Lexington, Kentucky
Joined April 2009
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 months
As severe storms swept across Kentucky one week ago today, WKYT's viewership for our severe weather coverage beat all other Lexington stations COMBINED. Keeping you safe and informed is our number one priority. Thank you for always choosing us. #kywx #LiveLocalTrusted
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
STOP THE COUNT! 😎 #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
“No hate in our holler” is a Kentucky thing and it’s awesome! Not sure who to credit for this pic .
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
Absolutely insane video of a tornado crossing the Ohio River into Kentucky earlier today. Video is from Jenny Craghead on Facebook. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
The same Ron Torbet led officiating crew that hosed the Bengals tonight also made this call against the Bengals late in last year’s Super Bowl. #RuleThePlayoffs
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
This is one amazing story coming out of southeastern Kentucky. Absolutely stunning image and story. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
If you’re booing anyone talking about raising money to support folks who just lost everything to a devastating tornado outbreak… You need to take a step back and revaluate your life.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
This is 💯 on Coach Cal. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 years
A 2014 CDC Report shows about 2,000 people die from weather related events each year in the US. 63% of the deaths were related to cold temps, 31% from heat and 6% from tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, severe storms/lightning. Nothing soft about cancelling school for cold. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
To the "this flood happened because you vote for" crowd or the " You're being punished because how you live" crowd... Shut the hell up! People are hurting. They've lost loved ones. They've lost every single thing they had in this world. Help them. #kywx #Kentuckyflood #606Strong
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
I see Gen X is trending. As a proud Gen Xer, this meme makes me laugh. 🙃
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
One behalf of meteorologists across the region, I want to give a shout out to all the keyboard warriors telling us today's forecast was going to be a bust or that we're just drama queens. Without you guys, there would be no morons for us to block. 👍😁
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Oh look, 2020 decided to go skiing...
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Can’t. Stop. Laughing...
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Lexington, Kentucky police officers playing rock, paper, scissors with protestors and sharing hugs is what the world needs tonight. #protests2020
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
As I get ready to wrap up tracking this historic tornado outbreak, I really don't have the words to describe the emotions I'm feeling. I'll just say a little prayer for all those who are suffering and leave it at that for the moment.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
The Bengals just saved America. #RuleTheJungle
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Kentucky is undefeated since Coach Cal stopped dressing like Bob Huggins. 😎 #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
Tennessee fans were wearing "Where's Kentucky" stickers tonight for their Sweet 16 game in NYC. Poetic justice that they're now in the same place as Kentucky... At home. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Excited to announce I've signed a long-term contract extension with WKYT. Sorry, haters. 💪😜
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Robert Thomas WKYT
3 years
Today marks 10 years since @Kentuckyweather returned to @WKYT to be our chief meteorologist. ⛅️ ❄️ ☔️
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 years
The last time Kentucky beat Florida: The number 1 song was In My Feelings by Drake, Crazy Rich Asians was the number 1 movie, gas was 2.89 and Donald Trump was president. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
1 year
When LSU comes to Kentucky this next baseball season, UK should totally do a poncho giveaway to every fan who comes to the game. I'll personally hand them out if they do. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 months
I may not agree with the hiring process but If Mark Pope is the new UK coach, then I'm going to support him 100%. Go Big Blue!! #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 months
The #3 pick in the NBA draft has followed me on Twitter/X since he was a little boy. He always liked those snow days! 😏 Congrats to Reed and Go Big Blue!!! #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 months
One of the few certainties in life is that Kentucky basketball is bigger than any one person. #BBN
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Silas Walker
6 months
The stage is set and fans are still packing in for Coach Pope at Rupp Arena. @KentuckySports @heraldleader
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
I honestly cannot believe my Bengals are going to the Super Bowl. WHO DEY!!!!!! #RuleTheJungle
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
9 months
Wasn't aware your unfollow button was busted.
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TheHollers
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@Kentuckyweather Wasn't aware this was a sports account.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
Hi @CBS ! Can we do #GarthAndTrishaLIVE once a week for the next few months? Thanks, America
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
A snowstorm is no match for a flamethrower. This is must see video is from Ashland, Kentucky. #kywx Courtesy of @ChadBlue83
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
9 months
Walking around Meijer with a buggy full of nothing but milk and bread just to freak people out.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 years
I’m pretty sure these pics from Harlan County should be on a Christmas card. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Kentucky held Georgia to fewer points than Alabama did. 🙃😋 #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Will never ever understand why Coach Cal tries to milk clock when UK has no half-court offense.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
It's simple... A healthy Kentucky is National Championship good. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
Reed is from the 606 and from the country. There is NOTHING Duke like about this kid. #BBN
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Myron Medcalf
7 months
Reed Sheppard is the most Duke-like player in Kentucky history.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
1 year
There isn't a thunderstorm within 50 miles of you guys. If you're using the "there's a chance of storms" excuse then you would never play a game since there's almost a daily threat for storms in Louisiana this time of year. #BBN
@LSUbaseball
LSU Baseball
1 year
Due to the chance of thunderstorms, we will be delaying the start of the game. We will keep you informed of any updates as we monitor the weather.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
With all the snow tracking this week, I missed where I hit a twitter milestone. Appreciate you guys... All 100,000+ of ya. 🥳🙏
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Kentucky hasn’t beaten Florida at home since 30 minutes ago. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Zac Taylor taking the ball out of Joe Burrow’s hands on that last series in OT is borderline criminal. #RuleTheJungle
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
Then get your butt out there to help these folks who are giving up every waking minute to get YOUR power back on. Have a nice day.
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The Common Rabble
2 years
@Kentuckyweather Let's not be thanking anyone right now until every citizen has power. Premature thank yous are ridiculous
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
The Bengals were a Zac Taylor away from winning that game.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
To have snow on the ground and falling on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is incredibly rare around here. Merry White Christmas, everyone! ❄️❄️🎅
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Hey @SECOfficiating , come get your crew in Lexington. They've made another game unwatchable. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Regardless of what happens from here, Dontaie Allen just became a legend to Kentucky fans. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Citrus Bowl ✅ Belk Bowl ✅ Gator Bowl ✅ Hats off to @UKCoachStoops and @UKFootball for three straight big time bowl wins. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 months
Chills and maybe a happy tear or two watching all this. Wow! #BBN
@espn
ESPN
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KENTUCKY WALKS IT OFF IN ITS FIRST EVER #MCWS GAME IN PROGRAM HISTORY 👏
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
The Kentucky basketball program is a shell of its former self. It pains me to admit that but it's just the reality. It needs to get fixed no matter what it takes. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Even with an impending ice storm... SEC refs continue to be the absolute worst. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Will Levis just scored another touchdown on you. PS: We hope you never leave Louisville.
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Coach Satterfield
3 years
Saint Peter’s is my new favorite team! Congrats @CoachSha10
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
5pm in Kentucky #TeamKentucky
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
So a thing happened today. My little one signed on the dotted line with the Eastern Kentucky University Dance Team. Proud of ya, kid!! #DanceDad
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
College officials are killing the game of basketball. Prove me wrong, @SECOfficiating !
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
To those who don't like me sticking up for the First Amendment and Freedom Of The Press, feel free to hit the unfollow button. To those who want to argue that freedom, it's my freedom to hit the block button. Other than that, have a great night.😀
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
At the end of the day, we are all on the same team and that's mankind. We can cheer for our favorite sports teams, but let's remember the most important team we are all part of. #prayersforDamarHamlin
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
The world: Dontaie Allen is the #7 trending topic on Twitter. #BBN : Told ya
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Not even sure this is possible at this point, but Kentucky and Louisville should schedule a game this month and donate all proceeds to flood relief. #MarchMadness #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
Why do I pay for the @SECNetwork and the @espn app and can't watch the UK game?
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
Congrats to the Kansas City Refs.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
The first time this sentence has ever been used on the internet... The Cincinatti Bengals are one win away from the Super Bowl!!! WHODEY!!! #RuleTheJungle
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 years
Not anymore you don't. Bye
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Mark
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@Kentuckyweather No one wants to read your tweets about a crappy college football team, I read your tweets for weather...
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
1 year
The absurdity of this cannot be overstated, especially during severe weather.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
1 year
To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: - Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day - Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day - New unverified accounts to 300/day
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
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Reed Sheppard is the number 1 trending topic in all of America. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
This officiating crew is an absolute joke. The SEC should be ashamed. @SECOfficiating
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
8 years
NCAA should fire all current officials and start from scratch. It's THAT bad.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
January was Lexington's snowiest since 1978 and you made WKYT the overwhelming choice for weather coverage. The early numbers for January show WKYT News had the most total viewers of any station in Lexington and it wasn't even close. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 🙏💪💪
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 months
I retweeted this earlier, but it deserves to be a stand alone video. Watch this UK student get toppled by this morning’s high winds. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
Two horses running wild down Winchester Road in front of WKYT made for an interesting evening commute. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
I’m sorry you’ve decided to take that action.
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Donald Gates
3 years
@Kentuckyweather Why is your weather forecast always mentioning “action”? For instance “we may see some snow flurry action” or there may be some shower action. I have stopped watching channel 27 news because of this as your other people like Ally say the same types of things in
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
1 year
This week makes 25 years since I first walked through the doors of @WKYT as a full time employee. Thanks to all of you for allowing me to live out my childhood dream of being “Kentucky’s weatherman”. 🙏
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
BREAKING: Lexington finishes the day with 9.9" of snow making this the snowiest January 6th on record. This is also the city's 6th snowiest overall day in recorded history. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
All the prayers and then some for Damar Hamlin of the Bills. This is so scary to watch.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 months
I had the pleasure of hosting several telethons with Coach Cal. He did a lot for our state outside of basketball and that will certainly be missed. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Kentucky is now undefeated this season when Coach Cal wears a sportcoat. 😎 #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
Am I wrong? #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
8 months
In 9 SEC games, Kentucky's defense has given up: 103 points to Tennessee 97 points to Texas A&M 96 points to Georgia 94 points to Florida Cal HAS to change up his defensive philosophy. You can't keep doing the same exact thing and expecting a different result. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
WHOA!! Watch the moment this car was hit by lightning this morning in Elliott County. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Last year was the worst season in UK basketball history and it’s followed up by the worst loss in UK history. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
11 months
Will Levis' ex-girlfriend about right now...
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 months
The Significant Tornado Parameter from the Hi Res NAM is absolutely nasty for Tuesday. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
7 months
The plays Oakland is running for Gohlke are the plays Kentucky should be running for Reed Sheppard. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
2 years
Nothing like an episode of The Dukes of Hazzard playing out on the Mountain Parkway over the weekend. Check out how this car chase ended in Powell County.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
I Coach Cal can't find his lucky Rolex, he can have the one I bought at Mt. Sterling Court Days a few years back. I'm sure it's the same exact model. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Not gonna lie, this got to me. 🙏
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Shelby Lofton
3 years
Like so many Kentuckians, Michael Cannon and his wife stayed up watching the news for updates on the severe weather Friday night. He says Chris Bailey’s @Kentuckyweather warnings saved lives…including his loved ones’. Full story at 6 @WKYT
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Blocking idiots on Twitter is therapeutic. 💪😋
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
31 YEARS OF PLAYOFF MISERY IS OVER!!! WHO DEY!! #RuleTheJungle
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
This is the first week since December we haven't been tracking a winter storm. #TeamSpring is happy! #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Folks, you just lived through the warmest Christmas on record in Kentucky. Record Highs: Bowling Green: 76 Louisville: 75 Paducah: 74 Frankfort: 72 Lexington: 70 (Ties) Covington/Cincy: 69 #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
The fact ESPN announcers are talking about UK fans wanting Coach Cal fired is absolutely absurd. Just another way to crap on the #BBN in hopes of hurting the program.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 months
As soon as the threat of people dying is over, we will get you back to your entertainment.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
4 years
Chris Wallace is proving himself to be a terrible moderator.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 years
Breaking News... UK Statement on Coach John Calipari: "We can confirm that the University of Kentucky has agreed to terms on a long-term contract with Coach Calipari to finish his career at Kentucky." #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
1 year
"Lingering"? You guys haven't had a drop of rain all day and haven't seen one flash of lightning. You delayed a game for no reason, but you already know that and are trying to save face at this point.
@NCAABaseball
NCAA Baseball
1 year
⚾️ Baton Rouge Update ⚾️ Due to lingering weather, Game 1️⃣ will start today at 9:06 PM ET / 8:06 PM CT #RoadToOmaha
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
The only way I knew Facebook was down was by reading about it here on Twitter. I take pride in that.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
There is so much more good than bad in this world. Let's make sure that never changes.
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
5 years
This young lady - Coco - completed her final chemo treatment yesterday. On the drive home from the hospital friends in the neighborhood surprised her with a parade — social distancing style. Humanity.🌎❤️
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
The 606 is now 4 for 4 in Kentucky High School State Football Championship games. Impressive showing this year!
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Love this! True story: Was doing the 6pm weather on Thanksgiving circa 2002 and joked with the anchor about how we were missing Thanksgiving dinner in order to work. 30 minutes later Tubby and Donna Smith showed up @WKYT with Thanksgiving leftovers for the whole crew. #BBN
@KentuckyMBB
Kentucky Men’s Basketball
3 years
A deserving honor for a Kentucky basketball legend. On Dec. 31, @CoachTubbySmith 's jersey will be raised to the rafters of Rupp Arena.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
Amazing to me how many people follow a weather account and get mad because it tweets things about possible weather outcomes.
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
3 years
Seeing my #BBN Twitter timeline light up the same way it would for a basketball Final Four or a Bowl Game is awesome. GO BIG BLUE!
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
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The past week of Kentucky weather: 1. Snowstorm 2. -15 degree temps 3. 65 degree temps 4. 3”-4” of rain 5. Strong thunderstorms. We do nothing small anymore. #kywx
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
5 years
Did @ESPNBooger just say Josh Allen needs better coaches? Turning a 2 star recruit into the National Defensive Player Of The Year and a top 10 NFL pick is pretty good coaching. #BBN
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Chris Bailey🌪️🌩️
6 years
Can I get a GO BIG BLUE?!!! #BBN
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