UPDATE: Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m.
Jessamine County's emergency management director is explaining why tornado sirens didn't sound during a recent EF-1 tornado on Sunday.
Johnny Adams said on social media Tuesday that there were no tornado warnings or watches issued before the storm hit. The National Weather Service had only issued a wind advisory for the area.
Adams said the tornado appears to have been a cold air funnel that quickly spun up and touched down.
Emergency officials didn't learn about the damage until 6.5 hours after it happened.
Adams is reminding residents to stay weather aware and prepare for severe conditions every day.
UPDATE: Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Jessamine County Emergency Management is now reporting more information regarding an EF-1 tornado touchdown on Sunday.
According to the agency, officials responded to the R.J. Corman property around 6:30 p.m. after the company discovered damage on their property; when they arrived, officials "determined that high winds had caused significant damage to a location off of US 27 just west of the highway."
JCEM contacted the National Weather Service Office in Louisville, who participated in a virtual survey of the damage and determined it was caused by "tornadic circulation."
The damage occurred just after noon on Sunday during a second round of storms that passed through the area, JDEM reports. Other damage included that to trees and a power outage impacting around 100 customers.
Original Story:
The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Nicholasville on Sunday morning.
"The upper trough associated with the cold front lagged behind by a few hours, pushing through the region in the afternoon of October 19," the NWS Lousivlle office reports. "A steep temperature profile aloft, strong shear, and showers moving through the Bluegrass allowed for a cold air funnel to form near Nicholasville, KY and briefly touched down developing a EF1 tornado."
The tornado was on the ground for a minute, stretching less than a mile with a maximum width of 20 yards.
