{"id":70043,"date":"2025-02-13T01:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T06:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70043"},"modified":"2025-02-13T01:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T06:03:31","slug":"significant-flooding-possible-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70043","title":{"rendered":"Significant Flooding Possible This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everyone. Colder winds are blowing a few snowflakes into town today as we quickly turn our attention to a big storm system this weekend. A major flood risk shows up Saturday and Saturday night before we flip the pattern back to winter.<\/p>\n<p>In the short-term, heavy rains are exiting southeastern Kentucky very early this morning. Some local high water issues are possible, but nothing widespread will show up. The Flood Watch for the southeast should expire early today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flurries and a light snow shower then show up through the day, especially in the north and northeast. Temps today are generally in the 30s with overnight lows reaching the teens for the first time since January.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of Friday looks seasonably cold, but pretty nice. From there, it&#8217;s anything but nice as our major storm system moves in.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at what to expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a major rainmaker Saturday and Saturday night for the entire state.<\/li>\n<li>A general 1\u2033-4\u2033 of rain is likely during this time and that\u2019s more than enough to create flooding. Some 5&#8243;+ rains are possible.<\/li>\n<li>Flash flooding, general flooding and river flooding are all possible.<\/li>\n<li>Depending on the track of the low, a few strong to severe storms will be possible across central and eastern Kentucky.<\/li>\n<li>Winds will crank with this storm system and may reach 40mph or higher through Saturday night.<\/li>\n<li>Frigid temps crash in from northwest to southeast Saturday night and early Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>A 30 degree temp drop may lead to a quick ice up.<\/li>\n<li>A period of wraparound snow is likely Sunday with some accumulations possible.<\/li>\n<li>Snow showers and frigid temps\/wind chills continue Sunday night and early Monday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-MAP-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70015\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-MAP-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-MAP-5.jpg 820w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-MAP-5-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-MAP-5-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The various forecast models are all lining up pretty good with the area of greatest concern. These numbers are very ugly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nam-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70046\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nam-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nam-7.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nam-7-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nam-7-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70047\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-9.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-9-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-9-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70050\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-22.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-22-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-22-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frigid temps and wind chills blow in behind this for Sunday and Monday with a good chance for a light snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>This cold pattern will continue to dig in next week as much of the country goes back into the deep freeze. This opens us up to a potential winter storm threat during the middle and end of next week.<\/p>\n<p>The EURO continues to see the potential&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-30.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70051\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-30.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So does the Canadian&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canadian-18.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70049\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Canadian-18.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always, I will have updates later today. Until then, here are your Kentucky Weather radars to show the early rains in the east and any flakes that follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-content entry-content\">\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>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everyone. Colder winds are blowing a few snowflakes into town today as we quickly turn our attention to a big storm system this weekend. A major flood risk shows up Saturday and Saturday night before we flip the pattern back to winter. In the short-term, heavy rains are exiting southeastern Kentucky very early [&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-70043","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\/70043","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=70043"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70052,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70043\/revisions\/70052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}