UPDATE: The Tornado Watch has been expanded to cover all of eastern KY until 7 pm. Stay weather aware through the evening!
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued for the entire line of strong storms. This includes Fayette, Scott, Harrison, Bourbon, Nicholas, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Powell and Montgomery counties until 4:00 pm. Winds could gust up to 70 mph. Seek shelter now!
Remain weather aware Friday, we have a significant round of severe storms and damaging wind inbound. After morning rain tapers off expect a mid to late morning break followed by a line of strong to severe storms tracking west to east. Timing puts the line through between roughly 1 PM to 5 PM. Damaging wind gusts, hail and isolated tornadoes are possible. In addition to the storm threat we'll have strong ambient wind to deal with most of the day, a high wind warning is in effect for 55 to 65 mph gusts. Isolated 70 mph gusts aren't out of the question. Hazards will include falling tree limbs, power outages and difficulty driving high profile vehicles. A flood watch is also in effect along and north of I-64, 2" to 4" of rain could lead to localized flooding.
