EF0 tornado in Jefferson County, Kentucky

The tornado touched down at the Sporting Club at the Farm in Floyd County, Indiana before it traveled a short distance and cross the river into Kentucky. The tornado entered Kentucky in the Lake Dreamland area of West Louisville in western Jefferson County. Significant tree damage was observed along River Front Drive and continued along Kale Dreamland Road where several hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted, along with many large branches down.

The tornado continued along Kramers Lane toward Van Winkle Drive, where damage appeared to be sparser with large branches down in some isolated areas. Very isolated areas of large branches down continued through the Heatherfield and St. Dennis neighborhoods (and across I-264 Watterson Expressway) and toward the Louisville

Memorial Gardens. Along Lynn Lea Road, the tornado regained strength and continued through homes along Kendall Lane west of 31W Dixie Highway. Trees were snapped heading on the east side of Hunters Trace neighborhood. Significant tree damage was observed along Malcolm Road just north of Gagel Avenue. Several hardwood trees were uprooted or snapped with damage consistent with 94 mph winds in this location. No visible damage was observed to the southeast beyond Gagel Avenue where the tornado ended.

During the late morning and afternoon hours on May 7th, an occasionally broken line of strong-to-severe thunderstorms moved from north to south across central Kentucky. These storms were not associated with any low-level front; however, they were the continuation of convection which fired during the late evening hours on May 6th over northern Illinois and had moved south-southeastward along with a mid-level shortwave disturbance transiting along the top edge of larger scale ridging. Ahead of the line of storms, a moderately unstable environment existed. Initially, around 500 J/kg MLCAPE was present as storms approached the Interstate 64 corridor; this increased to between 1000-2000 J/kg later in the day across south central Kentucky as the atmosphere had more time to destabilize. Wind shear was modest at best, but was sufficient to keep storms going across the region. Most portions of the line of storms were sub-severe, but a few isolated areas of severe winds, hail, and one tornado occurred as the line moved through central Kentucky.