3 tornadoes touch down in central Kentucky

The National Weather Service confirmed that three tornadoes touched down in central Kentucky when storms moved through the area late Friday.

Survey results on Saturday found that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Hardin and Bullitt counties and an EF-0 tornado hit in Breckinridge County.

According to weather service data, the EF-0 tornado had peak winds of about 80 mph while both EF-1 tornadoes had peak winds near 100 mph. There were scattered reports of downed trees and power lines in Hardin and Jefferson counties from the storm.



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