KY WFO CHARLESTON Warnings, Watches, and Advisories (2024)

WFO CHARLESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 26, 2024

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 316

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

102 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

316 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

BOYD CARTER GREENUP

LAWRENCE

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST OHIO

ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON

LAWRENCE MEIGS MORGAN

PERRY VINTON

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

JACKSON

IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

LINCOLN PUTNAM

IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

CABELL MASON WAYNE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALUM CREEK, ASHLAND, ATHENS,

CANNONSBURG, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, CEREDO, CROOKSVILLE,

FLATWOODS, GALLIPOLIS, GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, HAMDEN,

HAMLIN, HARTS, HUNTINGTON, HURRICANE, IRONTON, JACKSON, KENOVA,

LAKE VESUVIUS, LOUISA, MCARTHUR, MCCONNELSVILLE, NEW HAVEN,

NEW LEXINGTON, OAK HILL, OLIVE HILL, POINT PLEASANT, POMEROY,

RACELAND, RAVENSWOOD, RIPLEY, RUSSELL, SOMERSET, SOUTH POINT,

STOCKPORT, TEAYS VALLEY, WAYNE, WELLSTON,

AND YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT

FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON...GARRARD...CLARK...JESSAMINE...NICHOLAS...

HARRISON...FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...CENTRAL MERCER...

WOODFORD...SCOTT...BOURBON...NORTHEASTERN BOYLE...MADISON AND FAYETTE

COUNTIES...

At 102 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Thoroughbred

Acres, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile

homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...

Lexington, Richmond, Georgetown, Frankfort, Nicholasville,

Winchester, Danville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, and Paris.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for central

Kentucky.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to

flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

KY

. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR ALLEN ANDERSON

BARREN BELL BOYLE

BRECKINRIDGE BULLITT BUTLER

CASEY CHRISTIAN CLARK

CLAY CLINTON CUMBERLAND

DAVIESS EDMONSON ESTILL

FAYETTE GARRARD GRAYSON

GREEN HANco*ck HARDIN

HART HENDERSON HOPKINS

JACKSON JEFFERSON JESSAMINE

KNOX LARUE LAUREL

LEE LINCOLN LOGAN

MCCREARY MCLEAN MADISON

MARION MEADE MERCER

METCALFE MONROE MONTGOMERY

MUHLENBERG NELSON OHIO

OWSLEY POWELL PULASKI

ROCKCASTLE RUSSELL SHELBY

SIMPSON SPENCER TAYLOR

TODD UNION WARREN

WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBSTER

WHITLEY WOODFORD

...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of western Kentucky, including the following

counties, Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and Webster.

* WHEN...Until 400 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

Water over roadways.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

- At 1204 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges

indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is

ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area.

Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen.

- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over

the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.

- Some locations that will experience flooding include...

Madisonville, Central City, Providence, Dawson Springs,

Sebree, Earlington, Nortonville, Clay, Mortons Gap, Dixon,

Crofton, Powderly, Graham, Greenville, Weir, Dunmor, White

Plains, Hanson, Drakesboro and Sacramento.

- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood

deaths occur in vehicles.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT

FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN OLDHAM...NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...

TRIMBLE...HENRY AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

At 104 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast

of Madison, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Madison, New Castle, Bedford, Pendleton, Hanover, Eminence, Smyrna,

Pleasureville, Campbellsburg, and Milton.

TORNADO WATCH 315 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR

THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ESTILL MONTGOMERY POWELL

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

LAUREL MCCREARY PULASKI

ROCKCASTLE WAYNE WHITLEY

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

BELL CLAY JACKSON

KNOX LEE OWSLEY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE,

BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, BURNSIDE, CAMARGO, CLAY CITY, CORBIN,

IRVINE, JEFFERSONVILLE, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MIDDLESBORO,

MONTICELLO, MOUNT STERLING, MOUNT VERNON, PINEVILLE, RAVENNA,

SOMERSET, STANTON, STEARNS, WHITLEY CITY, AND WILLIAMSBURG.

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

BATH ELLIOTT FLEMING

MENIFEE ROWAN

JOHNSON

MORGAN WOLFE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAMPTON, FLEMINGSBURG, FRENCHBURG,

MOREHEAD, OWINGSVILLE, PAINTSVILLE, SANDY HOOK, AND WEST LIBERTY.

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

FAYETTE UNION WAYNE

IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO

RIPLEY SWITZERLAND

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

LEWIS

IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL

CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT

KENTON MASON OWEN

PENDLETON ROBERTSON

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL OHIO

DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE

FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING

MADISON PICKAWAY UNION

IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO

ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE

ROSS SCIOTO

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT

CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN

IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK

DARKE GREENE HARDIN

LOGAN MERCER MIAMI

MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA,

AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE,

BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER,

CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE,

COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS,

DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI,

DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER,

FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN,

GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON,

HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO,

INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG,

LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON,

MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL,

MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN,

NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PEEBLES,

PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH,

RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO,

SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY,

URBANA, VANCEBURG, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW,

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER,

WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN,

WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.

TORNADO WATCH 315 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS

AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

CRAWFORD DUBOIS HARRISON

PERRY

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 41 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ANDERSON BOYLE BRECKINRIDGE

BULLITT CASEY CLARK

FAYETTE GARRARD GRAYSON

GREEN HANco*ck HARDIN

HART JEFFERSON JESSAMINE

LARUE LINCOLN MADISON

MARION MEADE MERCER

NELSON OHIO SHELBY

SPENCER TAYLOR WASHINGTON

WOODFORD

ADAIR ALLEN BARREN

BUTLER CLINTON CUMBERLAND

EDMONSON LOGAN METCALFE

MONROE RUSSELL SIMPSON

WARREN

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADYEVILLE, ADYEVILLE,

ALBANY, ALLENDALE, ALTON, ALVATON, AMANDAVILLE, ARGYLE,

ATHERTONVILLE, BAIZETOWN, BARDSTOWN, BARDSTOWN JUNCTION,

BEAUMONT, BEAVER DAM, BEDA, BEREA, BLACK GNAT, BOHON,

BOWLING GREEN, BOYCE, BRANDENBURG, BROWNSTOWN, BROWNSTOWN,

BRYANTSVILLE, BUCKEYE, BUFFALO, BURKESVILLE, CAMPBELLSVILLE,

CANE VALLEY, CANMER, CAVE CITY, CECILIA, CLEMENTSVILLE, CLERMONT,

COBURG, COLUMBIA, CORYDON, CORYDON, COXS CREEK, CREELSBORO,

CROCUS, CROMWELL, CUMBERLAND CITY, DANVILLE, DEATSVILLE, DUBOIS,

DUBOIS, DUBRE, DUCKERS, DUKES, DUNBAR, DUNNVILLE, EDMONTON,

EIGHTY EIGHT, ELIZABETHTOWN, ELK CREEK, ELK HORN, ELLA, ENGLISH,

EVANS LANDING, EVANS LANDING, EXIE, FLAHERTY, FLAT ROCK, FORD,

FOREST SPRINGS, FORT KNOX, FRANKLIN, GARFIELD, GASCON, GATCHEL,

GATCHEL, GLASGOW, GLEN DEAN, GLENS FORK, GLENSBORO, GRADYVILLE,

GRAEFENBURG, GREENSBURG, HALFWAY, HARDINSBURG, HARDYVILLE,

HARNED, HARRISONVILLE, HARRODSBURG, HARTFORD, HAWESVILLE,

HAYWOOD, HESTAND, HIGH BRIDGE, HIGHGROVE, HILLVIEW, HOBSON,

HODGENVILLE, HORSE CAVE, HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT, IRELAND, IRELAND,

JABEZ, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, JASPER, KEENE, KESSINGER, KINGSTON,

KIRKSVILLE, KNOB LICK, LANCASTER, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LECTA,

LEITCHFIELD, LEWISPORT, LEXINGTON, LIBERTY, LITTLE MOUNT,

LOGANSPORT, LOUISVILLE, LOWELL, LUCAS, LYONS, MADRID, MAGNOLIA,

MARENGO, MARENGO, MARROWBONE, MAUD, MAYNARD, MCCREARY, MCDANIELS,

MCQUADY, MIDDLEBURG, MIDDLETOWN, MILLTOWN, MILLTOWN, MILLVILLE,

MINTONVILLE, MORGANTOWN, MOUNT WASHINGTON, MUD LICK, MULDRAUGH,

MUNFORDVILLE, NEW BOSTON, NEW MARKET, NICHOLASVILLE, OLGA,

PAINT LICK, PATESVILLE, PAYNEVILLE, PELLVILLE, PEYTONA,

PEYTONSBURG, PIERCE, PLANO, PRENTISS, PRICES MILL, PROVIDENCE,

QUALITY, RADCLIFF, REDHOUSE, REX, RICHARDSVILLE, RICHMOND,

ROCKBRIDGE, ROSINE, ROWLAND, RUCKERVILLE, RUSSELL SPRINGS,

RUSSELLVILLE, SALEM, SALOMA, SAMUELS, SCOTTSVILLE, SHAKERTOWN,

SHELBYVILLE, SHEPHERDSVILLE, SOUTHVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, STANFORD,

STATIC, STEPHENSBURG, SUMMER SHADE, SUMMERSVILLE, TAYLORSVILLE,

TELL CITY, TERRY, TOMPKINSVILLE, TYRONE, UNO, VALLEY VIEW,

VERSAILLES, WADDY, WAKEFIELD, WATERFORD, WHITE CLOUD,

WHITE CLOUD, WILMORE, WINCHESTER, WINDSOR, WISDOM, AND YUMA.

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