With a round of powerful storms downing trees, cutting off power for many, and sending debris flying, divisions within city government from streets and roads to the fire department are out in force with a second bout making its way through this afternoon and evening.
Lexington Emergency Management Director Rob Larkin said tonight’s weather could run the gamut.
"This is all hazards type of weather we can expect," Larkin said of tonight's expected severe weather outbreak. "Anything from just heavy rain to lightning, high winds, hail, and spin-off tornadoes."
And with that, no shortage of reminders and warnings to stay off the roadways unless absolutely necessary, keep tuned to weather outlets, reserve 9-1-1 for immediate life-threatening emergencies, direct calls about downed power lines to 3-1-1 if there is an obvious hazard.
For those with internet access, the latest can be found at lexingtonky.gov/stormupdates, and BeReadyLexington.com. Social media handles to keep handy: On Facebook, Lexington KY Emergency Management and on X, @LexKYEM.
KU’s outage map is at stormcenter.lge-ku.com.
Outage Info
Power outages continue to affect Fayette County residents through the afternoon following this morning’s storms, which brought wind gusts as high as 55 miles per hour. Over 30-thousand households remain without power across the state, with most outages concentrated within Central and North-Eastern Kentucky.
In Fayette County, K-U and L-G-E estimate over 8-thousand residents and businesses are experiencing outages. The most-affected areas in Lexington are south of Main Street, around Chevy Chase and Ashland Park, where over 2000 are without power, and along East New Circle road north of Alumni drive, where over 3000 are without power. On the west side of town, most of the outages are concentrated along US 60, with an estimated 1000 outages in Cardinal Valley, and over 800 around 60 between Red Mile Rd and Angliana Ave.
To report an outage, you can text “OUTAGE” to 4LGEKU. To check your outage status, text “STATUS” to 4LGEKU. You can also check and report outages by mobile app or online.
A flood watch remains in effect through this evening.
Numbers to Know
LexCall
311 or (859) 425-2255
Submit a service request
Emergency
911
Police – non-emergency
(859) 258-3600
Fire – non-emergency
(859) 231-5600
Fayette County Public Schools
(859) 381-4100
website
Kentucky Utilities (power)
(502) 627-2000
website
Kentucky American Water
1 (800) 678-6301
website
Columbia Gas
(859) 288-0215
website
Lextran
(859) 253-4636
website
Fayette County Sheriff's Office
(859) 252-1771
website
