LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hurricane Beryl finally made landfall Monday morning along the Gulf Coast of Texas on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane with wind speeds up to 80 mph and a four to eight foot storm surge, causing flooding and widespread wind damage in east Texas.
Beryl is impacting Kentucky and Indiana through the early night hours. Much of our area will receive pockets of steady to heavy rainfall, a few reports of 50-60 mph wind gusts and a few weak tornadoes.
Enhanced risk for severe weather
Although parts of southern Indiana and Kentucky are under an enhanced risk for severe weather, we are not forecasting an outbreak of severe weather by any means. The activity will be isolated in nature.
Tornadoes may be possible because our atmosphere will have a lot of spin in it (wind shear), making for the slightly increased chance for a tornado.
When remnants of Hurricane Beryl are expected to reach Louisville
Beryl will continue to bring the threat of tornadoes through Tuesday night. There is a tornado watch in place for all of our area until midnight.
A few more additional showers may persist on Wednesday, but the majority of the heavy showers and storms will impact us on Tuesday. Some of the storms that trek through will produce rainfall rates one to two inches per hour.
This will be enough to make for localized flooding and ponding of water on roadways.
Rainfall Impacts
Louisville is already well above normal when it comes to July rainfall and there is more in the forecast with Beryl's remnants.
Please make sure you never drive through a flooded roadway. As of now, weather forecast models drag the rain out of our area as soon as midday Wednesday. Stay tuned for updates.
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