{"id":54198,"date":"2022-07-26T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T04:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=54198"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:41:53","slug":"flash-flood-threat-increases-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=54198","title":{"rendered":"Flash Flood Threat Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. Rounds of strong storms continue to rumble across the region for the next several days. With a high amount of tropical moisture in the atmosphere, torrential rains are likely to cause flash flooding issues.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of what we can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A front stalls from west to east across the state as waves of low pressure work along it.<\/li>\n<li>Rounds of showers and storms will work through the region.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the storms may be strong or locally severe, but widespread severe is low.<\/li>\n<li>Damaging wind and hail are the main players.<\/li>\n<li>The flash flood threat will be elevated and will increase with each wave of thunderstorm action.<\/li>\n<li>Rainfall through the week will average 1&#8243;-3&#8243; for most of the state with local 5&#8243;+ amounts possible.<\/li>\n<li>After a pleasant break in the action on Saturday, more waves of showers and storms return for Sunday and Monday. This will likely bring another flash flood threat.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a chance for some big issues to develop somewhere in the region over the next week. 7 day rain totals will be up there, folks!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I mentioned the severe threat is fairly low and the Storm Prediction Center has us in the low-end risk today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And again for Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The flood threat continues to be our greatest threat, by far. The EURO offers a great animation of the storm clusters through Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-14.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54201\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-14.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a brief break, here they crank again late weekend and early next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54200\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at the rain amounts from the EURO through all of this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54202\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-15.png 969w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-15-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-15-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54203\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-9.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-9-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-2-9-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It now has the Canadian as a friend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54204\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-4.png 971w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-4-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-4-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That could get ugly, folks.<\/p>\n<p>I will drop by with any updates as needed later today and have the very latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. As always, I leave you with your storm tracking tools\u2026<\/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>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. Rounds of strong storms continue to rumble across the region for the next several days. With a high amount of tropical moisture in the atmosphere, torrential rains are likely to cause flash flooding issues. Here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of what we can expect: A front stalls from west to east across the [&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-54198","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\/54198","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=54198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}