Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

Steve Blake sent us these photos of a shelf cloud in advance of a storm in Woodford County. Shelf clouds are often the harbingers of strong winds and torrential rain.

Woodford County

Here is a radar picture showing the storm as it crossed northern Woodford County. It had just dropped golf ball sized hail on the south side of Frankfort and would go on to drop golf ball sized hail on Georgetown, but no severe weather was reported by Woodford County to the National Weather Service.

Woodford Coutny radar