Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Arizona; Heat Continues in the Southeast and Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, may lead to scattered instances of flash flooding across the Midwest and Ohio Valley and southern Arizona. The threat will shift to the Mid-Atlantic coast on Thursday. Dangerous heat persists in the South and Southeast while building into the Southwest. Overnight lows will be so warm that little-to-no relief from the scorching daytime highs will be available. Read More >

After having eliminated drought conditions in southern Indiana and central Kentucky in July, rains continued for most folks in the region in August, with many locations receiving rainfall amounts roughly in the 2 to 4 inch range. Some exceptions included just over 8 inches in Logan and Casey Counties...and only about an inch in Bowling Green (while Smiths Grove got nearly 5 inches).

Fortunately, severe weather was fairly sparse during the month. The most significant storms included multiple trees down, power outages, and a porch roof blown off near Albany on the 3rd...and on the 7th more than 20 trees were felled in Franklin's Jim Roberts Community Park with a barn destroyed just north of the park.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	78.8°	+0.3°	0.96"	-2.93"
Frankfort	75.6°	-0.5°	4.44"	+1.29"
Lexington	76.3°	+0.6°	4.27"	+0.56"
Louisville Ali	79.1°	+0.2°	4.69"	+0.98"
Louisville Bowman	77.6°	0°	2.59"	-0.94"