Strong to Severe Storms Today

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 313 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING 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 42 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ANDERSON BOYLE FAYETTE FRANKLIN JESSAMINE MERCER SCOTT WOODFORD

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

CASEY GRAYSON GREEN HART LOGAN MARION TAYLOR

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ADAIR ALLEN BARREN BUTLER CLINTON CUMBERLAND EDMONSON METCALFE MONROE RUSSELL SIMPSON WARREN

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

A Slight and Marginal Risk has been placed in two separate areas. For portions of the Plains, and the Ohio Valley. Low conditional tornado threat this afternoon and evening with a 2% chance in green. The damaging wind threat is 15% in yellow and 5% in brown. Kansas and Nebraska stand the greatest threat for large hail with a hatched significant 15% chance. For Kentucky; Damaging winds and heavy rain are the greatest concern.

Thunderstorms today will be capable of heavy rainfall leading to a minor flash flood threat late this evening into tonight.