The threat for severe storms is winding down and should be ending after midnight. After the storms, locally heavy rain will continue through much of the night.
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There were reports of storm damage around Lexington. There were trees down like the one pictured on Lansdowne drive and also Cooper drive as well as other places.
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There was a measured wind gust at the Blue Grass Airport of 56 mph about 9:30. That is on the threshold of severe wind gusts, so that was the cause of the damage around Lexington. There was a hurricane force gust of 75 mph in Shelby County. Other wind gusts were in the 40 and 50 mile per hour range.
After tonight, our weather calms down for a while with some nice April weather to finish the week.
