Lexington has been largely spared from the worst of recent storms, but Gorton says the back-to-back weather disasters not so far away have city officials' attention.
"The weather's kind of taken a turn... having many more high wind, high rain, high tornado warning, tornado watch, things that are going on, and we're we're charting that. We're watching that," the mayor says.
For now, Lexington has been more active as a partner, helping send equipment to hard-hit regions.
"One of the things we've done for a lot of communities... we send big dump trucks. We send our knuckle boom trucks that big grabbers on them so they can grab debris. We have sent water quality people to work on sewers. We are big into this," Gorton says.
As for preparations, should Lexington be on the receiving end of the worst?
Gorton first mentions the city's new director of emergency management, who she says understands swift water and fire rescue.
"He also a retired general in the Army National Guard. He's very capable and trained, and he has good people with him. We have all kinds of strong strategic plans. We plan for where we can have shelters for the public if they need them," she explains. "I would say we're pretty well-prepared."
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Lexington saw one of its wettest springs on record this year. The city also lands on the edge of a region where the National Weather Service projects a good chance for above-normal precipitation for the next two months.
While the threat of severe weather normally starts to diminish in early June, NWS meteorologist Mark Jarvis says conditions could be ripe again soon.
"The pattern is gonna reload again," he said last week. "And you're going to see a lot of severe weather out in the Plains and and eventually moving into the Midwest."
That could eventually make it's way into Kentucky by Friday or early next week.