{"id":48760,"date":"2021-05-03T02:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T06:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=48760"},"modified":"2021-05-03T02:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T06:15:48","slug":"enhanced-severe-storms-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=48760","title":{"rendered":"Enhanced Severe Storms Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday to one and all. It&#8217;s been a super quiet spring severe weather season across Kentucky, but Mother Nature is trying to shake things up over the next few days. A potent setup may fire off rounds of strong to severe storms from this afternoon through Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a breakdown of how things may play out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Showers and a few thunderstorms rumble through the region early today, but the severe threat is fairly low.<\/li>\n<li>Skies become partly sunny this afternoon as temps and humidity levels climb.<\/li>\n<li>At the same time, thunderstorms are developing to our west and southwest and will threaten western Kentucky this afternoon and evening.<\/li>\n<li>Rounds of strong to severe storms will then threaten the rest of the state tonight through Tuesday evening.<\/li>\n<li>Damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes will be possible in this type of a setup.<\/li>\n<li>Any storm out there will also be able to produce tremendous amounts of rain, leading to the potential for another round of local flash flooding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center has the entire region in the Severe Weather Outlook today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That threat then continues through Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Showers and storms wind down Tuesday night into Wednesday with cooler and drier air filtering in from the northwest. That&#8217;s ahead of a stronger system dropping in by the end of the week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48763\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That has another blast of chill with it, but the models are a little faster in getting it out of here on Mother&#8217;s Day Weekend. Unfortunately, that&#8217;s likely to set up another very stormy look into much of next week.<\/p>\n<p>The models aren&#8217;t shy with the rainfall totals over the next few weeks and the EURO Ensembles are showing the above normal rains&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48764\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-1-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Control run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48762\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-2-1.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-2-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EURO-2-1-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I may drop by for an update if needed and will have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. I leave you with your Monday storm tracker tools&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Current watches<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" alt=\"Current Watches\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Watch Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" alt=\"Current MDs\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make it a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday to one and all. It&#8217;s been a super quiet spring severe weather season across Kentucky, but Mother Nature is trying to shake things up over the next few days. A potent setup may fire off rounds of strong to severe storms from this afternoon through Tuesday. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of how things may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}