Showers and Cooler Temperatures in the East; Multi-Day Rain Event in the Southwest

A cold front in the East will bring showers and thunderstorms and much cooler temperatures from the Northeast into the Southeast. The Southwest, centered around New Mexico, will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, where there maybe isolated flash flooding. Tropical moisture will bring a multi-day period of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall across the Southwest beginning Thursday. Read More >

Overview

Severe storms pummeled central portions of eastern Kentucky during the evening hours of May 26, 2019. These thunderstorms developed along a surface boundary, in tandem with a mesoscale convective vortex.

These features helped to organize storms into a line, which swept across eastern Kentucky and produced several reports of damage. Numerous trees were blown down from Rockcastle to Martin and Pike Counties. This subsequently led to thousands of power outages across eastern Kentucky.

Shelf Cloud near London - Courtesy of Johnnie Nicholson.

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5 pm - 9 pm May 26, 2019 Radar Loop.

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Local Storm Reports received from May 26, 2019

The local storm reports are preliminary and are subject to change.

Environment

Day 1 Severe Weather Outlook Issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma.

The DCAPE (Downdraft CAPE) can be used to estimate the potential strength of rain-cooled downdrafts (damaging wind potential) within thunderstorms. Larger DCAPE values are associated with stronger downdrafts. Values around 1000 are generally considered favorable for strong winds.

8 pm Analyzed Surface Map by the Weather Prediction Center (WPC).

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Showers and Cooler Temperatures in the East; Multi-Day Rain Event in the Southwest

Severe Winds Strike Central Portions of East Kentucky During the Evening of May 26, 2019