
Bracing for more Severe Weather
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Threats of severe weather Wednesday as Kentucky continues clean up from previous storms.
Potential for more severe weather Wednesday threatens Kentucky as clean up continues from last weekend's storms.
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Bracing for more Severe Weather
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Potential for more severe weather Wednesday threatens Kentucky as clean up continues from last weekend's storms.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAs parts of Kentucky clean up from the latest round of storms, we're bracing for more.
Severe weather is possible again on Wednesday.
Storms last Friday night caused damage.
And Kristen County, it's believed straight line winds topped 90 miles an hour.
The National Weather Service now confirms an F one tornado touched down near the Jefferson Shelby County line.
Our Christy Dutton spoke to Jordan John Gordon of the National Weather Service about what happened then and what to expect tomorrow.
John Gordon, thank you so much for being with us and talking with us.
We are talking about the storms that rolled through over the weekend.
This was Friday night into Saturday morning.
Caught some by surprise and the tornado that was produced from us.
Tell us where that hit and how strong was it?
Yeah, on April Fool's morning at 12:30 in the morning, we were watching that thunderstorm that came out of Owensboro and it did not do very much, but and it kind of intensified just east of Anchorage.
And we saw a little circulation on radar.
And we did we heard about trees and power lines here and there.
But, boy, I got a doorbell camera, which was amazing.
And we heard this loud noise and heavy rain and wind and then trees falling.
So I went out, looked at it, and by golly, I found an F1 tornado of 90 miles an hour, 4.2 miles, and with was up to 130 yards wide.
Oh, wow.
So what damage did it do out there?
Well, it actually hit a plastic surgeons office first.
It was a three story, lost a lot of its fascia gutters and shingles, and then it hit a lot of trees sporadically.
I think inside the the thunderstorm, there were two small funnels and where it hit, trees were snapped and uprooted, lots of shingles, gutters, fascia, some sheds.
The worst area was on Flat Rock Ridge Road where it got pretty wide.
I bet you there's two or 300 trees down.
Oh, wow.
So with this storm, it came at night while a lot of people are sleeping.
That's been the case for tornadoes that we've had just in recent and recent months and years.
Is that just in our mind or is that a trend that's actually happening?
It seems like we have had more.
I don't disagree with you.
December 10th 11th, the big one, everything was at night, whether it was Mayfield, Dawson Springs, Bowling Green, all the tornadoes in central Kentucky were well after midnight.
Super Tuesday, 2008.
Most of them were after dark.
So unfortunately and what we tell people is have to wait to receive your warnings to your local TV stations.
Not going to wake you up.
You got to have way a weather radio, your phone, you can pay subscriptions, be prepared, have a plan of your action for weather.
And you never know what's going to happen, especially after dark.
Yes.
And good thing you mention that because we may have another round of severe weather coming up for tomorrow for Wednesday.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What does that look like?
Is that going to be as severe as what we had over the weekend?
Tomorrow, it's very complicated because we have cloud cover and we have a frontal system moving in.
I think there will be some warnings tomorrow and I think there's going to be periods during the day where you have off and on storms.
But the main show is probably 5 to 10 p.m. and I'm hoping the sun does not come out in the afternoon.
No sun.
You want clouds.
If you get the sun go out, you feel the storms, you get more powerful storms.
And I would not be surprised to see some warnings in Kentucky tomorrow.
And we'll make sure we keep our weather radios and our apps on and our phones on and can get those warnings.
Thank you so much, John.
And thank you, Christy Daughton.
Tomorrow, storms are expected to hit in the late afternoon and evening, so stay weather aware.
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