And now we wait...
Update: No major damage in the lexington area but just to the south in Madison county got nailed:
EF-3 in Eastern Garrard and Madison Counties
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS INVESTIGATED STORM DAMAGE IN MADISON AND EASTERN GARRARD COUNTIES.
THE SURVEY TEAM HAS FOUND DAMAGE CONFIRMING AN EF-3 INTENSITY TORNADO.
THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN GARRARD COUNTY IN THE NINA
RIDGE ROAD AREA...WHERE IT CAUSED SOME EF-1 DAMAGE...AND REACHED
UPPER EF-2 INTENSITY BEFORE CROSSING INTO MADISON COUNTY.
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 1295 AND 52 IN MADISON COUNTY...
THE TORNADO REACHED UPPER END EF-2 TO LOWER END EF-3 INTENSITY. NEAR
THIS INTERSECTION...TWO ADULTS WERE KILLED WHEN THE MOBILE HOME THEY
WERE IN WAS PICKED UP AND THROWN BY THE TORNADO. THE BODIES OF A 35
YEAR OLD MALE AND AN ADULT FEMALE WERE RECOVERED FROM A NEARBY POND.
FIVE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE MOBILE HOME...INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN
...WERE INJURED. OF THESE...AN ADULT FEMALE HAS BEEN PARALYZED FROM
THE NECK DOWN...AND A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD SUFFERED A FRACTURED SKULL
AND A BROKEN LEG.
THE TORNADO FOLLOWED AN INTERMITTENT PATH TO THE SOUTH OF RICHMOND
...THROUGH THE WACO AREA...AND CONTINUED INTO ESTILL COUNTY. THE
SURVEY TEAM IS STILL INVESTIGATING THESE AREAS...AND WE WILL PROVIDE
MORE DETAILS AS THE TEAM REPORTS TO THE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.
