{"id":64209,"date":"2024-02-27T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=64209"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:45:24","slug":"enhanced-risk-for-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=64209","title":{"rendered":"Enhanced Risk for Severe Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, I wanted to drop by for a quick update on the increasing threat for severe weather this afternoon through tonight as a powerful cold front sweeps into the Bluegrass state from the west.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded areas along the Ohio River and just south to an Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1683922326\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1683922326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The short range models like the HRRR are really increasing the amount of shear, thus giving us an increased risk for a few tornadoes. The streaks on this map show where the HRRR expects rotating thunderstorms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HRRR-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64210\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HRRR-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HRRR-7.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HRRR-7-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HRRR-7-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SPC now has a hatched area for possible strong tornadoes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_TORN.png?1683994864\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_TORN.png?1683994864\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damaging winds are an issue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_WIND.png?1683994986\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_WIND.png?1683994986\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Large hail is also a big player&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_HAIL.png?1683995056\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_HAIL.png?1683995056\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will have updates later today and will have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. H<\/p>\n<p>Here are your tracking toys for the day\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 Tuesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, I wanted to drop by for a quick update on the increasing threat for severe weather this afternoon through tonight as a powerful cold front sweeps into the Bluegrass state from the west. The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded areas along the Ohio River and just south to an Enhanced Risk for severe [&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-64209","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\/64209","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=64209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64211,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64209\/revisions\/64211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}