Updated: National Weather Service confirms tornado damage in Ky. after severe storms
Some parts of the state were damaged by a tornado as severe storms hit Kentucky Wednesday, a survey by the National Weather Service has revealed.
Southern Jefferson County experienced EF-1 tornado damage. Spencer and Shelby counties experienced two separate EF-1 tornadoes. There was also EF-1 tornado damage in LaRue County, according to the National Weather Service. Experts were still surveying damage as of Friday.
The Louisville metro area also saw max wind gust speeds of 50 to 60 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. After surveying the damage, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer declared a state of emergency for the city.
“I am declaring a state of emergency and requesting the Governor and the state emergency management to potentially assist locally with recovery efforts,” Fischer said in a tweet.
Shelby County saw the highest wind gust at 75 miles per hour while areas in an around Lexington experienced 40 to 55 mile per hour gusts, according to the National Weather Service in Louisville. Louisville and other parts of Kentucky also got over an inch of rain.
The storm left behind minimal damage in Lexington, but several lost power during the storm. As of 2:55 p.m. Thursday, 1,617 people in Fayette County were still without power, according to poweroutage.us.
An area along Tates Creek Road near the Montclair and Woodlake neighborhoods is home to a majority of the Lexington outages, as 1,019 in that area are without power, according to Kentucky Utilities’ outage map. KU expected to power to come back on at approximately 8 p.m.
This story was originally published April 14, 2022 at 3:43 PM.
