Additional Heavy Rain and Flooding Concerns in Central Texas; Tropical Storm Chantal to Impact the Coastal Carolinas

Heavy rainfall and flooding concerns remain for today across Central Texas and the Hill Country, with scattered thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening. Tropical Storm Chantal has formed and will bring heavy rainfall and flooding concerns to portions of the coastal Carolinas. Life-threatening surf and rip currents are expected from the Southeast to Mid-Atlantic. Read More >

As bands of showers and storms developed Tuesday afternoon and evening, several people submitted photos of wall clouds and potential funnel clouds. There were multiple rotating showers and storms, and fortunately little in the way of tornado touchdowns across central Kentucky and our part of southern IN.

Based on the lack of damage reports received into the office so far, and looking at the various images below, one can see why tornado chasing in Kentucky and southern IN can be a difficult endeavor. Lots of trees and ridge lines as well as winding roads make it hard to follow one storm easily. Those trees and ridges on the horizon also can make it seem like a rotating wall cloud actually is a big tornado, when in fact it hasn't connected with the ground!

Here's a good sampling of the imagery either submitted into NWS Louisville or via local traffic cams and various TV media online webcams.


Photo by Michael Montgomery near Mount Washington, KY	Photo by Mark Jarvis near Vine Grove, KY

Photo by Justin Hilliard northeast of Louisville Muhammad Ali Airport	Photo relayed by WBKO from a viewer...of a funnel cloud near Rochester, KY

Photo by Joshua Marks (submitted by WKRN Daniel Breezy) in northern Logan County, KY	Photo by Michael Montgomery near Mount Washington, KY

Photo by Billy Bowling in Leavenworth, IN	Photo by D. Avery in Vine Grove, KY

I-65 traffic camera in Hardin County	WAVE3 SkyTrack Camera in Elizabethtown

Logan County Kentucky Mesonet Webcam	I-65 traffic camera in Northern Hart County