1pm Update
Good afternoon everyone. The threat for showers and thunderstorms will increase west to east very late this afternoon into the evening. This is when we will have to be on guard for possible severe storms once again.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is out for far western Kentucky until 6pm CDT. Here is the watch outline and the latest warnings…
I will keep you updated as needed so check back. Take care.
Previous Update
Good Monday everyone and welcome to a VERY active weather week across Kentucky and much of the country. Sunday kicked off another mega severe weather outbreak with the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the folks there and anywhere else dealing with the aftermath of severe storms and flooding.
Each day through Thursday is likely to feature severe weather across our part of the world as numerous rounds storms roll across the state over the next several days. This may end with a significant outbreak Wednesday into Thursday. Damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes will be possible.
Torrential rains will also be common with these storms and this can lead to flash flooding . More on the rainfall in a bit.
Let’s get to the severe weather tracking tools…
Today’s Severe Weather Threat
Current Watches
Possible Watch Areas
Follow the storms here…
I don’t have to tell you how wet this spring has been and it’s rather obvious it won’t take a lot of rain to cause , at least, local flash flooding concerns. The rounds of storms this week can each cause flash flooding and the overall amount of rain through Thursday may also cause more significant rises on rivers.
Take a look at the possible rainfall this week…
Let’s hope we can come in on the low side of the numbers and get it evenly spread out over the next 4 days. If not… more high water will be possible.
I will have updates as needed and will send out quick thoughts and warnings via twitter. Follow me here: Kentuckyweather or follow along in the twitter feed on the right side of the blog.
Take care.
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Well, I guess Im glad now that I have unlimited text messages on my cell plan, texts from kyweather alone put me 860 texts over my limit. Its all good now, Im ready for this week. Locked, Stocked, and ready to ROCK!! Ill be Chasing when I can and Uploading my findings to Youtube so stay tuned! Also anyone wanting to follow my chase live can follow my tweets @virgil432 Also any mets. willing to help me out with storm information can message me on yahoo messenger virgil432@yahoo.com
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Rain, wind, thunder, lightning in Frankfort.
I fell asleep early last night……Checked the blog first thing this morning and saw Joplin mentioned ……I didn’t even know until that point…….OMG! Another major tornado hits yet ANOTHER decent sized city…..St Johns Hospital looks completely wrecked, though still standing…There was another Tornado in Minneapolis as well.
Very large tree down on Wapping St in downtown Frankfort
Here’s a crappy tower cam video of the Joplin tornado..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfE6wGceA_A
Looks to me like its different from the Tuscaloosa storm because this one is pretty much rain wrapped and in the middle of the supercell. The Tuscaloosa one was a classic wraparound and not as rain wrapped..
Boy, we had a dozy this morning about 5:30-6:MM. Lightning was very keen, and the thunder nearly boomed me out of bed! Chris, you had a pic yesterday of the storm at the Florence Mall…well, let me tell you that it was NO picnic on I75 about that time, either! We were in the middle of that thing, and it rained and hailed so hard that we couldn’t see. Everyone was driving about 35 with flashers going. It was very scary there for a few minutes, because we knew no one else could see any better than we could. NOT fun…just sayin’. Hope they are not ALL like that!
good!
Nice blog!
Keep going on!