Two tornadoes touched down in KY during recent severe weather, NWS surveyors confirm
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- NWS confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Kentucky during overnight storms.
- Surveyors classified an EF-0 in Hart County with winds near 80 mph.
- Surveyors classified an EF-1 in Ohio County with winds near 100 mph.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in Kentucky during a recent overnight severe weather event.
Tornado damage was confirmed in Hart and Ohio counties. The NWS also found straight-line wind damage in Green, Harrison and Oldham counties.
Surveyors in Hart County found damage that indicates an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds near 80 mph touched down east of Millerstown. The NWS said the tornado touched down near Raider Hollow Road around 1:25 a.m. and traveled for roughly one mile.
The tornado mainly caused tree damage, according to the NWS. Its estimated maximum width was 150 yards.
Surveyors in Ohio County determined an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds near 100 mph touched down northeast of Hartford. The NWS said the tornado touched down near the Rough River around 12:30 a.m. and traveled 1.81 miles.
The tornado intensified as it crossed Highway 69, damaging trees and structures along the road, according to the NWS. The tornado went on to rip most of a roof off a home along Mill Run Lane before lifting close to the Hartford Airport.
The tornado had an estimated maximum width of 110 yards, according to the NWS.
Power outages across the state
Multiple rounds of overnight severe weather on Monday, April 27 to Tuesday, April 28 left thousands without power. Outages across the state were once above 20,000, but as of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, outages were down to 8,262, according to poweroutage.us.
More than 2,000 of the remaining outages were out of Jefferson County, according to poweroutage.us. LG&E & KU’s power outage map reported 875 outages in Fayette County, most of which are in the Zandale neighborhood, between Nicholasville Road and Tates Creek Road, in Lexington.
Power in that area was originally expected to be restored around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, but the latest estimate now predicts restoration to happen around 4:30 p.m., according to the map. The outage left Glendover Elementary School without power, but Fayette County Public Schools spokesperson Miranda Scully told the Herald-Leader the school is operating on a normal schedule with the use of a generator.
Tornado warnings
The storms resulted in tornado warnings being issued for Adair, Bath, Bracken, Daviess, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hopkins, Larue, Mason, McLean, Ohio, Oldham, Pendleton, Robertson, Rowan, Shelby, Taylor and Webster counties during the storms, according to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Fayette County was under a severe thunderstorm warning between 2:04 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., according to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. There were two wind gusts of at least 40 mph reported in Fayette County around 1:50 a.m., according to the Kentucky Mesonet.
This story was originally published April 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM.
