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WHAS11 Weather Impact Alert Day called for Thursday due to high heat and storms in Louisville

Excessive heat and strong storm are likely again Thursday. Friday will not be as hot, but pop-up downpours will linger.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Here we go again, with another day with a dangerous triple digit heat index and then a chance of strong to severe storms. Before the storms fire up, be ready to battle brutally hot temperatures and tropical humidity levels Thursday afternoon.

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HEAT INDEX

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STORMS

Just like Wednesday afternoon, storms are expected to fire up first in Indiana, then drop south through the evening, with the potential for damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and torrential rainfall.

We could once again have scattered power outages and localized flooding to watch out for through Thursday evening.

Shower and storm chances (some severe)

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A slight risk of severe storms is issued for all of central Kentucky and southern Indiana. Locally heavy rain, damaging wind and a tornado are likely.

RELATED: More excessive heat and storms Thursday | WHAS11 WEATHER IMPACT FORECAST

The heat won't be as bad Friday, but pop-up downpours will linger around Kentucky and Indiana. Our weather pattern will settle down with mostly dry conditions this weekend through next week. However, the heat and humidity will not go anywhere through our first week of August.

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Continue to stay weather aware and follow the Weather Impact Team's latest forecast.

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