[KYHAM] Ky ARES Wx Advisory UPDATE: CENTRAL & EAST KENTUCKY

[Ron Dodson]

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK
OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY
AND 
SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH
NORTHERN 
INDIANA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. 
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...UNSTABLE, WARM, MOIST AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO 
ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE 
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL AND 
EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTH
AND EAST 
INTO THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY MID EVENING. THE
STORMS 
MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
POSSIBLE.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED.

AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
OVERNIGHT...
A RENEWED AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE 
THROUGH THE AREA. AT THAT TIME THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL SHIFT 
TO FLOODING WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES 
POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. THUS...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR 
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH
MIDDAY 
MONDAY. 

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY
BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY.