Severe Weather Outbreak Today

 

High Wind Warning

* WHAT...Brief period of wind gusts between 50 and 65 mph.

* WHERE...Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky east of I-65.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight.

* IMPACTS...Large trees or limbs could be blown down and power outages may result.

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle on east-west roads. Secure outdoor objects.

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

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Severe Weather Outbreak in progress in the South. There are current tornado watches and warnings in effect at this time. The Storm Prediction Center has expanded the Enhanced Risk area to include more of Western Kentucky. The Moderate Risk includes the entire state of Mississippi, Westen Tennessee, Southeast Arkansas, Northeast Louisiana, and West and South Central Alabama. 

Large Hatched Significant 15% Tornado Threat in Red. Hatched Significant 10% in yellow. 5% in brown, and 2% in green.

Damaging winds are a significant threat today at 45% hatched Significant in the South in pink and 30% hatched Significant in red.

Hail is of a lesser threat today, but nonetheless a none zero threat. 

Most of the qcls tornadoes today will be located within a severe squall line and may be obscured by rain. 

Here is how the HRRR on Pivotalweather.com seeing the squall line evolving. 

For Central Kentucky storms will start to move through the area by 9:00 pm and push east. Damaging winds are the greatest threat as the line will be in a weakening state. Brief isolated tornadoes are still possible. The greatest threat will be west of I-65 within the Enhanced Risk area. 

There is a fire danger in Central and especially Eastern Kentucky. Due to the combination of relative humidity and strong winds, please refrain from burning today.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued. 

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

CLARK CRAWFORD DUBOIS FLOYD HARRISON JEFFERSON ORANGE PERRY SCOTT WASHINGTON

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

BRECKINRIDGE BULLITT HARDIN HENRY JEFFERSON LARUE MEADE NELSON OLDHAM SHELBY SPENCER TRIMBLE WASHINGTON

IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

HANCOCK OHIO

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

GRAYSON GREEN HART LOGAN MARION TAYLOR

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ALLEN BARREN BUTLER EDMONSON METCALFE MONROE SIMPSON WARREN

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARDSTOWN, BEDFORD, BOWLING GREEN, BRANDENBURG, BROWNSVILLE, CAMPBELLSVILLE, CORYDON, EDMONTON, ELIZABETHTOWN, ENGLISH, FRANKLIN, GLASGOW, GREENSBURG, HARDINSBURG, HARTFORD, HAWESVILLE, HODGENVILLE, JASPER, JEFFERSONVILLE, LA GRANGE, LEBANON, LEITCHFIELD, LEWISPORT, LOUISVILLE, MADISON, MORGANTOWN, MUNFORDVILLE, NEW ALBANY, NEW CASTLE, PAOLI, PROVIDENCE, RUSSELLVILLE, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SCOTTSVILLE, SHELBYVILLE, SHEPHERDSVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, TAYLORSVILLE, TELL CITY, AND TOMPKINSVILLE.