Severe Outbreak Expected for Portions of the U.S. Today

Yesterday tied the second most active tornado day this year, with a preliminary 28 tornado reports recorded across Iowa and other portions of the Midwest and Plains. Today will be another day to watch, with more severe weather expected. Today, the threat has shifted ahead of a cold front, and is positioned over the Ohio River Valley.

An enhanced and moderate risk for severe storms has been issued by the Storm Prediction Center for areas including most of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Large damaging hail, strong damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes will all be possible as storms develop this afternoon, (especially in orange and red areas). If you have friends or family in that area, you might want to give them a heads up so they can be prepared should/when warnings get issued.

Locally, scattered showers and embedded thunder is over the next couple days are possible. Rain will be rather light, but at times will pick up to turn more moderate to briefly heavy, in any storms we do get. On and off rain chances continues through the evening and into Saturday. A few isolated chances remain through early Sunday.