Flooding Rains Continue

Good morning and welcome back to the blog. What a wild day of weather across most of the eastern half the US yesterday, and Kentucky got hit as about hard as any state did. Here's a quick 5-day Forecast and then we'll talk about yesterday and what we can expect.

5-day Forecast for London, KY

Saturday: Showers are going to stick around for most of the day, but I think we'll get them out of here by the end of the day. High of 71.

Sunday: I think we're going to keep the majority of showers off to our south for Mothers day. We're going Mostly Cloudy to Partly Cloudy. with a High of 67. Low of 51.

Monday: Scattered Showers return to the forecast. High of 65. Low of 47.

Tuesday: MOSTLY SUNNY! I haven't had that in a forecast in a long time :P. High of 74, Low of 49.

Wednesday: Partly Sunny with clouds increasing throughout the day leading to scattered showers and thunderstorms by the night. High of 76, Low of 51.


Yesterdays weather:

All I have to say is I've never seen a storm system like that yesterday. It was truly a thing of beauty on radar, but left destruction in it's wake. Several reports of damage across the state, as well as a fatality in Madison county from a possible tornado. Here's a look at all the storm damage reports from yesterday.


National:


Local:


As you can several reports of wind damage and hail in the state. Not only did we have the severe weather but we also saw a tremendous amount of rain. Here is the Doppler Estimated Rainfall so far, and the latest flood watch and warnings.


Radar Estimated Rainfall:

Watches/Warnings
Okay I know this map might be a little hard to read. The counties in the duller green are under a flash flood watch, the counties in the brighter green are under a flash flood warning. And the counties with gray boxes over them are under a flood warning. As you can see in that radar image some areas Doppler radar estimated over 5 inches of rain with the storms so far yesterday/this morning. The ground was already saturated yesterday in many areas, so most of this water is going to pond or run off into the streams and rivers. If you live in a flood prone area in eastern KY keep an eye on the water level. I'm hoping we stay dry enough this week that we don't have any more flooding issues, but I'm seeing chances of rain on Monday, and Wednesday night/Thursday.

Monday Afternoon NAM Model:


Thursday Morning GFS Model:


We could see more severe weather with this cold front as it moves through Thursday, but I don't suspect it will be as strong as the round of severe weather we saw yesterday. Well that's all I have for now. Take Care and stay safe until we talk again.