Good afternoon, gang. That strange thing showing up in the sky today is called the sun. It’s a rather elusive phenomenon, so enjoy it while you can because more rain and severe storms are on the way.

For the past week, I’ve been setting the stage for a possible severe weather event for the weekend. That setup continues to look fairly explosive and should result in severe thunderstorms, high winds and flooding rains.

The Storm Prediction Center has much of Kentucky in the Slight to Moderate risk for severe storms on Saturday…

Damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes will be possible. The prime time for severe weather is during the afternoon and evening hours.

Before all this, rain and some rumbles of thunder develop tonight across our region. This will carry us into Friday and is likely to produce additional flooding issues across the southern half of the state. Check out the rainfall numbers tonight into the daylight hours on Friday…

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Given the amount of rain and ongoing flooding issues this area is seeing, Flood Watches should already be going up in these areas…

Here are all the current Flood Warnings…

Additional heavy rain then develops Friday night through Saturday night, deliver an increased flood threat to most of the state. My rain forecast through Sunday morning…

I will have an update on WKYT at 4pm then have another KWC update this evening. Until then, here’s regional radar to keep you company…

Have a good one and take care.