{"id":70611,"date":"2025-03-15T01:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70611"},"modified":"2025-03-15T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:19:37","slug":"severe-storms-high-winds-and-flooding-possible-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70611","title":{"rendered":"Severe Storms, High Winds and Flooding Possible Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. This is a super-active weather day across Kentucky and most of the region as a significant severe weather event continues. This is bringing the potential for severe storms, high winds and flooding rains.<\/p>\n<p>Some quick thoughts on the setup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We start with a line of severe storms and possible tornadoes rolling across western Kentucky.<\/li>\n<li>This line weakens the farther east it gets, but it may still bring strong and severe storms into central Kentucky around daybreak or shortly thereafter.<\/li>\n<li>Rounds of strong to severe storms then develop across central Tennessee and southern Kentucky by late morning and early afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>These waves of strong to severe storms then move to the northeast this afternoon and evening.<\/li>\n<li>Damaging wind is the main threat, with a few tornadoes possible. The best tornado threat is across the southern half of the state.<\/li>\n<li>These storms will also be moving over the same areas, putting down a ton of rain.<\/li>\n<li>Flash flooding is a good bet for some areas.<\/li>\n<li>Showers and storms will slow down overnight and early Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>There could be one more round of strong storms in the east Sunday afternoon before the chilly winds kick in from the northwest.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s also an outside chance for a late Sunday snowflake to show up as temps drop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kentucky is on the northern edge of this major severe weather event. Areas from Tennessee into the Deep South are in the line of fire for potential long-tracked, violent tornadoes. A rare HIGH RISK is out for some of this region today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/fema\/images\/fema04_swody1.png?1742041143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the close up view of today&#8217;s Severe Weather Outlook for Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1716321907\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Tornado Outlook shows the potential for some twisters for the entire area, with the greatest risk across the south-central parts of the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_TORN.png?1716321974\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damaging winds continue to be the primary threat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_WIND.png?1716321626\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few large hail producing storms will also show up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_HAIL.png?1716321739\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to drop by for updates later today and I&#8217;ll be on WKYT-TV as needed today and tonight. Until then, I have you guys all set to track today&#8217;s severe weather&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/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 evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. This is a super-active weather day across Kentucky and most of the region as a significant severe weather event continues. This is bringing the potential for severe storms, high winds and flooding rains. Some quick thoughts on the setup: We start with a line of severe storms and possible tornadoes rolling across [&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-70611","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\/70611","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=70611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70615,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70611\/revisions\/70615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}