Atmospheric River in California; Fire Weather Concerns in the Central Plains

An atmospheric river will continue to bring gusty to high winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to California through Saturday. Dry, gusty winds will bring elevated fire weather conditions to parts of the central and southern High Plains Friday. Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

Storms were peppered around the region on several days during June. Most of the severe weather came in the form of gusty winds, with just a few reports of hail and no tornadoes. The most widespread severe storms occurred on the 23rd when many locations across southern Indiana and central Kentucky experienced damaging wind gusts. There was one report of golf ball sized hail on the west side of Louisville.

There were 6 weather-related injuries during the month in central Kentucky, and they were all a result of lightning strikes. On the 22nd around 10 o'clock in the morning four employees working at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Richmond received a shock when lightning struck the building. Then on the 26th two ambulance workers were struck when they were loading a car accident victim into the ambulance. They were treated and released in nearby Leitchfield.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Rainfall	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	77.8	+2.8	2.47"	-1.68"
Frankfort	75.3	+2.7	4.43"	+0.34"
Lexington	75.1	+2.9	4.56"	+0.12"
Louisville Bowman	77.3	+2.2	4.34"	+0.20"
Louisville International	78.2	+2.6	4.25"	+0.46"