{"id":70836,"date":"2025-04-01T19:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70836"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:10:01","slug":"severe-storms-and-major-flooding-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70836","title":{"rendered":"Severe Storms and Major Flooding Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. A multi-day severe weather and flood event is about to get started across Kentucky and surrounding areas. The setup can bring historic amounts of rain into parts of the region.<\/p>\n<p>A Wind Advisory is out for much of Kentucky on Wednesday as gusts may hit 50mph out ahead of the approaching storm system. Temps may surge to 80 on this strong southwest wind.<\/p>\n<p>A Flood Watch remains in effect for much of the region from Wednesday through Sunday&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve beefed up the rainfall numbers across central and western Kentucky by expanding the area of 6&#8243;-12&#8243; and putting a &#8220;locally higher&#8221; for the west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-MAP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70839\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-MAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-MAP.jpg 815w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-MAP-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-MAP-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS continues to go above and beyond that forecast with more than 15&#8243; of rain showing up in the west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GFS-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70840\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GFS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GFS-1.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GFS-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GFS-1-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first round of severe storms moves into western Kentucky late Wednesday afternoon and evening. This is where a Moderate Risk is located&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1743442563\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center has much of central and western Kentucky in a fairly high tornado risk later Wednesday\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_TORN.png?1743442566\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_TORN.png?1743442566\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tornado risk in the west is the greatest and that also shows up on the HRRR&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70838\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Widespread wind damage is also expected\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_WIND.png?1743442744\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_WIND.png?1743442744\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Severe hail is a good bet across the west\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_HAIL.png?1743442863\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_HAIL.png?1743442863\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That threat from the SPC continues into Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody3.png?1743535864\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody4_PROB.png?1743498064\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody5_PROB.png?1743498184\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I leave you with your Tuesday evening storm tracking tools&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<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 terrific Tuesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. A multi-day severe weather and flood event is about to get started across Kentucky and surrounding areas. The setup can bring historic amounts of rain into parts of the region. A Wind Advisory is out for much of Kentucky on Wednesday as gusts may hit 50mph out ahead of the approaching storm [&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-70836","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\/70836","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=70836"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70843,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70836\/revisions\/70843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}