{"id":28493,"date":"2018-02-21T12:05:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T17:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=28493"},"modified":"2018-02-21T12:05:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T17:05:18","slug":"wednesday-afternoon-update-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=28493","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Afternoon Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, everyone. Our front is moving into Kentucky and slamming on the brakes, leading to a major temperature gradient to go along with showers and storms. This front hangs tough for the better part of the next 5 days, leading to a significant flood threat.<\/p>\n

The temps out there today are amazing. As of this writing, we are near 80 in parts of eastern Kentucky with upper 30s showing up across the west. That’s a big old case of WOW!<\/p>\n

I have no changes in the overall setup of the heavy rain potential rolling forward. All modes of flooding are likely through Sunday.<\/p>\n

I would like to say I’m baffled at the\u00a0Flood Watch not\u00a0being expanded for the rest of Kentucky, but I’ve almost come to expect it from some of our NWS offices. As of this update, no additional counties have been added in northern, northeastern and southeastern Kentucky…<\/p>\n

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There is no excuse for not a watch not being issued by now. None. The areas not included in the watch are the very areas hardest hit by flooding over the past week or so. Thunderstorms this evening may even target southern and southeastern Kentucky, bringing a local flash flood threat.<\/p>\n

In addition to the flood threat, the potential is there for strong or severe storms. We need to watch the Friday setup, but the Saturday afternoon and night setup stands out more…<\/p>\n

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Here are your tracking toys for the afternoon…<\/p>\n

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