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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
359 PM EDT MON OCT 20 2025 /259 PM CDT MON OCT 20 2025/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/19/2025 TORNADO EVENT
JESSAMINE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/19/2025
START TIME: 12:05 PM EDT
START LOCATION: JESSAMINE / JESSAMINE COUNTY / KY
START LAT/LON: 37.8748 / -84.6119
END DATE: 10/19/2025
END TIME: 12:06 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 E JESSAMINE / JESSAMINE COUNTY / KY
END LAT/LON: 37.8749 / -84.6
SURVEY SUMMARY:
WORKING WITH JESSAMINE COUNTY EMA ON A SURVEY, THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE FOUND A TORNADO OCCURRED ON SUNDAY
OCTOBER 19TH IN WEST NICHOLASVILLE AT THE RJ CORMAN GROUP COMPLEX
NEAR HIGHWAY 27. THE TORNADO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED OFF AS
A COLD AIR FUNNEL THAT WAS ABLE TO BRIEFLY GET DOWN TO THE
SURFACE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT BIG TUNNEL ROAD NEAR
JESSAMINE CREEK WITH UPROOTED TREES AND LARGE BRANCH DAMAGE.
FROM THE DAMAGE, THERE WAS A CONVERGENT SIGNATURE THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADIC CIRCULATION. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS
A FIELD AND MORE TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR RJ CORMAN DRIVE.
THE TORNADO THEN HIT AN RJ CORMAN WAREHOUSE WHERE TWO GARAGE DOORS
WERE BLOWN OUT AND A PORTION OF THE WAREHOUSE WALL WAS PULLED AWAY
FROM THE BUILDING. SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE CONFIRMS THAT A VERY
SMALL FUNNEL CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. PIECES OF
INSULATION, WOOD PLANKS, AND METAL FROM THE WALLS OF THE BUILDING
WERE LIFTED TO THE ROOFTOP. ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING, THREE
HVAC UNITS WERE DISPLACED FROM THEIR LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 90 MPH AT THE METAL BUILDING. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED ACROSS A PAVED LOT AND ENDED SHORTLY AFTER RJ CORMAN
DRIVE TO THE WEST OF US HIGHWAY 27 FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE OF
0.65 MILES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A
BIG THANK YOU TO JESSAMINE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR
ASSISTING WITH SURVEYING THE DAMAGE AND PROVIDING PICTURES AND
DRONE FOOTAGE, AS WELL AS TO THE RJ CORMAN GROUP FOR PROVIDING
SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE TORNADO.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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