A brief power outage in Lexington, Ky., affected some homes and businesses on the city’s north side early Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com

More than 42,800 Kentuckians were without power in the aftermath of Thursday morning’s storms that brought rain, hail and at least one tornado to the state.

As of 9 a.m., that number had declined to approximately 31,000.

According to poweroutage.us, a website that tracks power outages across the country, Menifee County in Eastern Kentucky had the most outages, with around 75% of the county without power. Also affected were Campbell, Casey, Lincoln, Pendleton, Johnson, Powell and Franklin counties, with smaller outages around the state.

The major storm traveled across the state early Thursday, bringing heavy rain, hail, thunder, lightning and wind. At least one tornado touched down in Louisville.

And the weather won’t stop yet. Near-continuous rain is expected across Kentucky through Sunday. Parts of Western Kentucky could see more than 15 inches of rain by the end of the weekend, while Lexington is forecast to see 6 to 8 inches.

If you’ve lost power at your home or business and are wondering about your neighbors, restoration time or how to report downed lines, we’ve rounded up some information.

Below are outage maps for the Lexington area — which had only a handful of outages as of Thursday morning — including one from Kentucky Utilities Co., and links to find maps for Blue Grass Energy and multiple Kentucky electric cooperatives.

Kentucky Utilities Co.

To see a map of outages on the KU website, click here. Customers can report a power outage by texting “OUTAGE” to 454358, calling 800-981-0600, by logging into their online account or with KU’s mobile app.

Blue Grass Energy and other co-ops

Blue Grass Energy is reporting outages via map online here. Members can report an outage online or by calling 888-655-4243.

For other electrical co-ops serving Kentucky, find the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives outage map here. Members must report outages directly to their co-op.

This story was originally published April 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM.