A Tornado Just Hit the Community of Fern Creek on the Southeast Side of the Louisville Area in Jefferson County, KY

The tornado warning was issued for Jefferson County, KY without any advance notice at 2:21 p.m. and lasted until 2:45 p.m. EST.

[link to www.courier-journal.com]

A second torando warning was issued for three counties (eastern Jefferson, Shelby, and northern Spencer counties) at 2:31 p.m. and lasted until 3 p.m.

[link to www.wave3.com]

An EF-1 or EF-2 tornado touched down in the Fern Creek area on the southeastern side of the Louisville area (just south of the Gene Snyder Freeway and south of Bardstown Road) in extreme southeast Jefferson County, KY near the Bullitt County, KY line.

Homes along Cedar Creek Road and Cooper Chapel Road were damaged.

The tornado had a path of 1/16 of a mile in width and 2 miles in length and caused extensive damage in the community of Fern Creek.

Two homes were flattened, one home was completely picked up off its foundation and rotated, several roofs were blown off of other homes, other major damage is apparent for portions of other homes, a large RV was turned over, two pick up trucks were picked up and tumbled, and multiple barns were destroyed.

This information is being reported by WLKY News in Louisville, KY.

You can watch live WLKY News chopper coverage of what the damage looks like at this link:

[link to www.wlky.com]

Similar coverage is also being telecast from the WAVE3 news chopper as well at this link:

[link to www.wave3.com]

Last Edited by Biochemky on 03/23/2012 03:30 PM