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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky-Tornadoes officially ranked as EF1's with as high as 110 winds ripped through parts of Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday, the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday, with at least one death reported from the Derby City.

At least three tornadoes were reported, one tearing off the roof of apartment buildings in suburban Pleasure Ridge Park and driving some 50 people from their homes.

Two others hit the Newburg area, one touching down south of the Newburg post office near Kroger and ending at the Jefferson County public schools Van Hoose Education Center at the intersection of Newburg Road and Bishop Lane. It was 100 yards wide with a peak wind of 90 mph. The third hit a few miles away, east of the post office at the Yum! Headquarters on Gardiner Lane, also in suburban Louisville. It was 75 yards wide with a peak wind of 95 mph.

An EF1 with 110mph winds also touched down in nearby Meade County, ripping down power lines and leaving wind and other damage.

The native home of boxing legend the late Muhammad Ali, Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky with the Louisville-Metropolitan area the home to some 633,000 residents.

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