Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. 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"