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Hazardous Weather Impacts on the East and West Coasts

A cold front will continue to progress eastward today and Friday across the Eastern Seaboard with showers and thunderstorms bringing isolated heavy rainfall, gusty to damaging winds, and a possible tornado. A series of Pacific storms will begin to push into the Pacific Northwest today with impacts from heavy rain and snow continuing through the middle of next week. Read More >

Overview

The extratropical remnants of Gordon moved slowly across the Ohio Valley on Saturday, September 8, 2018, bringing heavy rainfall and severe weather. The primary impacts across central Kentucky and southern Indiana were flash flooding and two confirmed EF-0 tornadoes.

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Weather map showing the low pressure center that was formerly Tropical Storm Gordon, and a stationary front across Kentucky.
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