Drone video shows extensive tornado damage in Jeffersontown, Kentucky

Drone footage released on April 3, 2025, shows major tornado damage in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where buildings were destroyed in an industrial park on April 2. A separate tornado in Ballard County left four people injured, one critically.

At least five tornadoes struck Kentucky on the night of April 2, 2025, causing widespread structural damage and injuries. One tornado touched down in Jeffersontown, a suburb of Louisville in Jefferson County, causing significant damage to an industrial park. Another tornado struck the Gage community in Ballard County, injuring four people when debris hit a church.

In Jefferson County, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that a tornado passed near the Interstate 64 and Interstate 265 interchange before impacting an industrial area in Jeffersontown. Drone footage released the following day shows at least two buildings completely destroyed, with collapsed walls, roofing ripped from warehouses and office buildings, and multiple overturned semi-trailers.

One of the damaged sites includes JSO Wood Products Inc., located at 1930 Campus Place, where extensive structural loss was observed. Debris fields, twisted metal, and scattered construction materials are consistent with EF1+ tornado damage, though the official storm rating has not yet been released.

In western Kentucky, Ballard County Emergency Management reported that four individuals were injured when debris struck Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Gage community. The injured had been sheltering in a vehicle under the church’s carport when it was hit. One person remains in critical condition, while the others sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The tornadoes were part of a larger severe weather outbreak affecting central and eastern U.S. in which at least three people lost their lives.

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