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A second Sunday in a row of severe storms left Clark County mostly unscathed but did cause minor damage and power outages.

The area, which was under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 p.m., saw two rounds of storms roll through the area during the late afternoon and evening hours.

The National Weather Service (NWS) bureau in Lousiville issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clark County at 4:45 p.m.

“On that storm, they were calling for one-inch hail, which is the size of a quarter, and 70 mile-per-hour winds,” said NWS meteorologist Brian Schoettmer, who noted the storm was anything but garden variety. “The baseline for a severe thunderstorm is usually 60 mile-per-hour winds, so it was a little more robust. They also put a tornado possible tag in there too just because some of those storms were rotating.”

NWS officials confirmed two tornadoes touched down Sunday in Casey and Anderson counties.

Clark County Emergency Management officials said the agency received no reports of widespread serious damage as of Monday afternoon.

A few hundred LG&E/Kentucky Utilities and Clark Electric Co-Op were without power as the day turned into night.

Local fire and rescue crews stayed busy due to the storms.

Winchester Fire and EMS reported a utility line down on Fulton and Market streets at 5:20 p.m. and later responded to transformers on fire at 7:57 p.m. on Maryland and Forest avenues, and 8:09 p.m. at Bypass Rd. and Boone Avenue.

Schoettmer said that the conditions for Sunday’s storms were one part hot and humid air and unusually strong winds in the atmosphere.

“Normally, you get much weaker winds aloft this time because the jet stream is way to the north, but every once in a while, you get surges in the upper-level jet stream, which increases your wind shear,” he said. “Any time you have an unstable environment with increased wind shear, that is when you have a chance for stronger thunderstorms and even some supercells.”