UNDATED (04/02/24) — Severe storms, including tornadoes, swept across Kentucky on Tuesday. Warnings were posted for Breckinridge County during an early morning line of storms, then again in the late afternoon, but no significant damage was reported.
The National Weather Service confirmed EF-1 tornadoes in Nelson and Anderson County and later in Coldstream in Jefferson County. Several other areas were being reviewed.
Damage was reported in Anderson, Bath, Ballard, Bourbon, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Fayette, Greenup, Kenton, Jefferson, Jessamine, Mercer, Montgomery, Nelson, Powell, Union and Woodford counties.
Large power outages were reported in Boyd, Calloway, Carter, Greenup, Fayette and Marshall counties.
Written disaster declarations were received from Boyd County; Greenup County; city of Ashland and city of Catlettsburg and verbal disaster declarations were received from Bourbon, Clark, Elliott, Jessamine and Kenton counties and the city of Villa Hill.
Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency and activated the State Emergency Operations Center.
