Tornado struck Wednesday night at Churchill Downs,

CHICAGO - An apparent tornado struck Wednesday night at Churchill Downs, the thoroughbred racetrack famed as home of the Kentucky Derby, damaging some barns, but no injuries were reported, an emergency dispatcher said.

The presumed twister touched down between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. local time in the midst of several powerful thunderstorms moving through the greater Louisville, Kentucky, area, said Vince Luney, a supervisor for the city’s emergency dispatch center.


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