{"id":28551,"date":"2018-02-24T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T19:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=28551"},"modified":"2018-02-24T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T19:11:44","slug":"flooding-and-severe-storms-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=28551","title":{"rendered":"Flooding and Severe Storms Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Saturday, everyone. I wanted to drop by for a quick update on the potential for severe storms and significant flooding. The setup is primed to deliver a big event to parts of the bluegrass state.<\/p>\n

The threat for flash flooding and flooding is about as high as you will ever find it around here. My concern for a major flood event continues to grow for a large swath of Kentucky real estate. Here’s the area to really watch as we go through Sunday morning…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Areas within the major flood risk may pick up a general 1″-3″ of rain during this time, with locally higher amounts. Given the saturated ground, full waterways and full creeks and streams, those totals could be devastating for some areas.<\/p>\n

Farther east and southeast, the rains have not been as heavy of late, but morning rains were close to 1″ in some areas. Another 1″-2″ will be possible in the east and southeast, with some flooding possible.<\/p>\n

The severe weather threat continues for much of Kentucky, especially the west and central. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible this evening into the wee hours of Sunday morning. The greatest tornado threat is across the west…<\/p>\n

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Here’s the latest from the SPC…<\/p>\n

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Given the extremely wet ground, we may see a lot of uprooted trees from tonight’s storms.<\/p>\n

Please stay alert to the changing weather conditions through tonight. Damaging winds, tornadoes and a major flood event are possible in our region. I will update the blog as needed and will be sending out warnings, thoughts and reports via my @kentuckyweather twitter feed.<\/p>\n

As always, the blog is set to track our severe weather event. Don’t forget to use the interactive radar to track storms to street level and to pull up live feeds from storm chasers anywhere in the country. Track away…<\/p>\n

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Current watches
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