LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The month of April will likely be starting with active weather across the Ohio Valley, particularly in southern Indiana and central Kentucky Monday and Tuesday. Below is the latest forecast from the First Alert StormTeam.
Severe weather possible the next few days
Keep your eye to the sky and have a means to receive severe weather alerts over the next couple days. As low pressure centers and a strong cold front move into the Ohio Valley, showers and storms will develop both Monday and Tuesday bringing a risk of strong thunderstorms with them.
Scattered strong to severe storms are anticipated starting late Monday into Tuesday morning, then again Tuesday afternoon into the early evening. Our severe weather risk level is 2 of 5 for Monday, and 3 of 5 Tuesday. Here's what those risk levels mean:
Timing
Severe storms likely Monday and Tuesday
Currently, forecast models have a batch of showers and storms originating across Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois that will turn locally strong to severe with time late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. These storms will likely trek into far western Kentucky and extreme western Indiana. The storms will form into a cluster and will affect southern Indiana and central Kentucky from west to east Monday evening and possibly overnight Monday.
All modes of severe weather are likely with this band of storms. Isolated tornadoes, locally heavy rain, strong damaging wind gusts (up to 65 mph) and hail up to quarter to half dollar and ping pong size are all possible with the severe storms on Monday and Tuesday.
Tuesday morning will likely start off stormy and warm before scattered showers and more storms reignite for the afternoon hours. If we begin to notice that storms form into individual cells as opposed to a line, this is what we call a supercell. Supercells are known for producing the most intense severe weather, likely producing tornadoes so please be cautious and stick with us for updates.
Calm after the storm
Model forecasts are also hinting at a cooler than normal pattern throughout the late stages of the week. Temperatures Wednesday through Friday will likely be in the lower to middle 50s. Overnight temperatures will come close to freezing, if not dipping slightly below freezing, in several locations. This may cause some harm to still blooming plants.
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