Good Friday afternoon gang and welcome to the weekend. As avid blog readers, you know that we always start the weekend a few hours earlier than most! 
More showers and storms will likely fire up this afternoon and evening with severe weather and torrential rains a good possibility. Given that many areas picked up 2″-4″ of rain Thursday into early this morning… we really have to be mindful of the flash flood threat. The severe weather threat is there too and the Storm Prediction Center has the entire state in the risk area. Here is their all around severe weather map…
The radars are back in all their glory to satisfy your storm tracking needs…
Damaging winds and large hail will be the main threats today. We will likely see the storms go up all at once and then it is game on in terms of severe weather. I will go live with the blog if needed so make sure you check back for that.
A couple of other weather notes…
1. Saturday is going to be hot with temps approaching the lower 90s.
2. Another round of severe storms is possible Sunday.
3. Next week looks COOL! Big upper low parks itself nearby and that means our temps will be below normal. A couple of days next week may not get out of the 70s! All of this leading up to the 4th of July!!!
4. Same upper level low should also mean some afternoon thunderstorms try to go up. Hail producers?
5. Watch the Gulf of Mexico over the next week!
Have a great Friday and check back for updates. Take care.
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I’m going to be very surprised if the Bluegrass sees any widespread t-storms at all today. Visible satellite is still null…and it’s peak heating of the day right now.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-vis.html
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-avn.html
Looks like something trying to fire up to the west of Louisville
I can deal with 70’s give my a.c. a break lol
Looks like some off to the north and south west of Lexington Firing up
If you love watching close intense lightning. Yesterday was a dream
The lightening in Scott Co. woke me up about 3:30 this morning. All the blinds were closed and it still was bright enough to wake me. We had 1.5 inches in the rain gauge this morning.
Now it’s thundering and the skies are getting darker.
watch possible
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1337.html
Finally lol a MD for KY from the SPC lol they were totally absent yesterday
storm causing flash flooding in frankfort heading toward midway. this storm is in an area already hit last night.
50 mph gust in versailles. hvy rain and bolts of lightning
this storm is intensfying as it moves south
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
KYZ040-048-262230-
JESSAMINE-WOODFORD-
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
…THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN…WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WOODFORD AND JESSAMINE COUNTIES…
AT 545 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO NICHOLASVILLE
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING…VERY HEAVY RAIN
WITH RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES
TO LESS THAN ONE MILE…PEA SIZE HAIL…AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE…
NEAR NICHOLASVILLE AROUND 555 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO…
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET…OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES.
Thundering in Morehead and skys getting dark
Getting ready to head to bed, and hoping, praying… that there will not be severe weather overnight again.