Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern Plains; Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Expected Over the Weekend

High winds and very dry conditions will continue to produce elevated to critical fire weather conditions over portions of New Mexico and far western Texas through Saturday. Heavy snow will continue in the Central Rockies Heavy rain, flooding, and severe thunderstorm risks increase from the Southern Plains into the Lower Missouri Valley this weekend. Read More >

Overview

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Kentucky during the evening hours of June 5, 2019. These thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching frontal boundary and upper level disturbance. The main threat early on was large hail as storms were initially discrete. An organized line of showers and storms then moved in from the north, producing localized wind damage.

Significant hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported in Wolfe County with the early evening storms. There were also numerous trees blown down in areas, generally along and north of the Mountain Parkway.

2 inch hail near Hazel Green - Courtesy Chasity Prater.


Cloud-to-air lightning near Sidney, KY. Courtesy of Mary Reed Runyon.	Quarter sized hail near Ashers Fork. Courtesy of Hope Jackson.	Golf ball sized hail in Polksville. Courtesy of Michael Staton.


A rock slide induced by heavy rain on Highway 1110 south of Highway 397. Courtesy of KYTC District 10.	A shelf cloud in Fleming County. Courtesy of Brent Wells.	A shelf cloud in Wallingford. Courtesy of Josh Carpenter.

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5 pm, June 5th - 2 am June 6, 2019 Radar Loop.

Storm Reports

Local Storm Reports received from June 5, 2019

The local storm reports are preliminary and are subject to change.

Environment

Day 1 Severe Weather Outlook Issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma.

DCAPE from 7 - 9 pm, June 5th, 2019 - The DCAPE (Downdraft CAPE) can be used to estimate the potential strength of rain-cooled downdrafts (damaging wind potential) within thunderstorms. Larger DCAPE values are associated with stronger downdrafts. Values around 1000 are generally considered favorable for strong winds.

Surface Based CAPE from 5 - 8 pm, June 5th, 2019.

Effective Storm Relative Helicity from 7 - 9 pm, June 5th, 2019.

8 pm, June 5th Analyzed Surface Map by the Weather Prediction Center (WPC).

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Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern Plains; Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Expected Over the Weekend

Severe Storms Produce Significant Hail and Damaging Winds on June 5th, 2019