5:26 Severe Thunderstorm Warning for  Laurel, Pulaski  till 6:15 PM

5:06PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Nelson County until 5:30pm.

5:05PM FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Whitley [KY] till 9:00 PM EDT

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT THIS EVENING!!!!

4:57PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Whitley [KY] till 5:15 PM EDT

4:54 FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Floyd, Martin, Pike till 7:45 PM

4:43PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Pulaski, Rockcastle [KY] till 5:30 PM

4:15pm TORNADO WARNING for Bell, Knox, Whitley [KY] till 5:00 PM EDT …* AT 413 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GATLIFF… OR 9 MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSBURG…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

4:09PM  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Breathitt, Lee, Owsley [KY] till 5:00 PM EDT

3:59PM  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley [KY] till 5:00 PM EDT

3:47pm SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Clay, Jackson, Owsley [KY] till 4:30 PM EDT

3:45PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Bullitt and Nelson Counties until 4:15pm.

3:40pm  JKL FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike [KY] till 6:30 PM EDT

3:37pm Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley [KY] till 4:15 PM EDT

3:34PM Williamsburg [Whitley Co, KY] trained spotter reports FUNNEL CLOUD.at 03:04 PM EDT — funnel cloud at intersection of hwy 92 and interstate 75. well developed about 1/4 mile across it.

3:30PM TORNADO WARNING for Bell, Knox, Whitley [KY] till 4:00 PM EDT …* AT 326 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GATLIFF… OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLIAMSBURG…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

3:18pm TORNADO WARNING continuesfor Bell, Knox, Whitley [KY] till 3:30 PM EDT …AT 310 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXIE…OR 7 MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSBURG…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA AND A WALL CLOUD ALSO IN THE SAME AREA.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Letcher and Pike until 6:15pm


3:04 Williamsburg [Whitley Co, KY] county official FUNNEL CLOUD at 03:03 PM EDT — dispatch reports a funnel cloud currently over court house.

3PM FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley [KY] till 6:00 PM EDT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARING for Knott, Letcher, Perry [KY] till 3:45 PM EDT

2:58pm TORNADO WARNING for Bell, Knox, Whitley [KY] till 3:30 PM EDT …* AT 257 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LUCKY…OR NEAR WILLIAMSBURG…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

2:55pm  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Floyd, Knott, Magoffin and Pike until 3:45pm and for Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and Whitley Counties until 3:30pm. Large hail and damaging winds are likely.

Golfball sized hail and a wall cloud was reported in Whitley County.

2:42PM… TORNADO WARNING continues for Whitley, Knox. McCreary, Pulaski and Laurel Counties until 3pm. The storm is moving through Whitley County right now and is showing signs of rotation. A funnel cloud was just reported in Whitley County! SEEK SHELTER NOW!

Good Wednesday afternoon everyone. Here we go again! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is now out for the southern half of central and eastern Kentucky until 8pm. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH is now out as well for southeastern Kentucky where flooding continues this afternoon.

Here is a look at the latest watch…

WW0439 WOU

You can follow the warnings here…

WW0439 Warnings

I am sure you have the radar views etched permanently in your brain by now. If not… here they are…







Damaging winds and large hail are likely with today’s storms. We should also see storms develop farther north across the rest of central and eastern Kentucky later on today. These can go severe as well.

The flash flood threat is off the charts with this setup! We have a FULLY saturated ground and a tropical airmass that will produce storms that can drop several inches of rain in a short amount of time. THANKFULLY we finally get a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for southeastern Kentucky. Flooding problems are ongoing in this area. Fleming Neon in Letcher County is flooded with roads impassable as of early this afternoon.

As mentioned in my earlier update… more severe storms are likely Thursday. Then again late Friday into Friday night as a major severe weather outbreak appears to be in the cards.

I will update things as needed and I will use Twitter for some updates too. It is up in the top right hand corner of the blog or you can sign up to get free cell phone updates from me.

Take care.