Author Archives: Mitchell Gaines

The second mcs to our northwest has refired this afternoon to produce numerous thunderstorms just to the northwest of our region. These storms are developing rapidly this afternoon and will continue to slowly move southeast into the Bowling Green area … Continue reading →

Our mcs thunderstorm complex worth watching dissipated overnight but is still bringing some thunderstorms to northernKentucky this morning. This boundary should stay north of Bowling Green today which means we’ll have to wait fro the next mcs along the same front … Continue reading →

A large complex of severe storms has formed to our north and west with numerous warnings for large hail and 70 mph winds. Thunderstorm complexs like this one are fast movers and can cover a lot of area in just 10 … Continue reading →

Write-up is for Kentucky, maps are national based. First let’s take a look at the analogs, past years that had similar conditions to this one heading into the summer.  2007, 2005, 1998 and 1995. – 2007 featured a very dry … Continue reading →

We start one week ago yesterday (May 21st),  their second day out covering storms,  we had our own event here in Kentucky. Enough instability more than what was predicted  allowed  thunderstorms to develop along a week warm front and a cold front further west. These storms  … Continue reading →

Over the next two weeks this class of WKU met students will track storms across the great plains and you can follow along using the links below. Not much in terms of hazardous weather is expected soon so I will … Continue reading →

FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TONIGHT… PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT BEGAN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING…HAVE CONTINUED TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED WIDESPREAD AREAL AND FLASH FLOODING…MAINLY … Continue reading →

It’s taken a while but the thunderstorms along the leading edge of rain band have moved east of Bowling green. Rainfall totals have been over 9 inches at the mesonet site with the likelihood of flooding still high. To put … Continue reading →

– campbell lane – college.st – 10th avenue are three of numerous reports tonight from STN’s flood survey at 1 am. Turn around don’t drown. A line of severe thunderstorms with numerous warnings both severe and tornado will move east … Continue reading →

Multiple clusters of storms one over middle Tennessee near Nashville  and other over eastern Arkansas and western Tennessee are prompting tornado warnings and some of the storms are showing signs of rotation. These potential tornadic storms will approach the region … Continue reading →