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070>078-081-082-210800-  
 
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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