Hurricane Isaias Approaching the Gulf Coast; Remnants of Rachel to Impact the Southwest U.S.

Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. A life-threatening storm surge is expected along the coast with damaging wind gusts extending well inland. Areas of heavy rainfall are forecast throughout much of the Southeast U.S. The remnants of Rachel will bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the Southwest U.S. this weekend. Read More >

Several years ago, the National Weather Service switched from issuing warnings for entire counties to smaller areas, focused on where we think the best chance for hazardous weather either within a county or across county lines. If a warning were issued for your city, would you know where you are on a map? If not, print out the map below to find your county and then the county seat. Approximate how far you are away from that city and in which direction and then mark it on the map. Keep that as a reference for when you later see a warning either on TV, on our webpage, or when tweeted out by our office. The images farther down the page show example tweets of warnings for near the Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green areas.