EF1 tornado in Jefferson County, Kentucky

The National Weather Service in Louisville conducted a storm assessment survey across the Watterson Park neighborhood in Louisville. This is the area just south of the intersection of Newburg Road and Interstate 264 (Watterson Expressway). There

were two tornadoes in this area separated by a clear and distinct break of about 200 yards.

The first tornado started just north of the main Post Office distribution center. The tornado touched down just northwest of the intersection of Colonel Sanders Drive and Gardiner Lane. Trees were snapped and uprooted in this area before the tornado struck the roof of Yum! Brands headquarters. The northeast side of the well-constructed

building had a substantial portion of parapet wall removed and the brick wall was partially pushed inwards. Wind speeds in this area were estimated to be 95 mph.

The tornado continued to produce tree damage, including snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees. Wind speeds were between 87 and 90 mph in this area. The tornado lifted by Robards Lane just south of Gardiner Lane.

During the afternoon and evening hours of April 5, a low pressure system, moving northeast from Minnesota into Ontario, dragged a trailing cold front through the Lower Ohio Valley. This produced a line of severe storms that moved west to east over central Kentucky, resulting in multiple reports of tree damage, structural damage, and four combined tornadoes in Jefferson and Meade Counties.