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 >

September was a warm and dry month this year, with mostly uneventful weather. The generally warm and dry conditions led to moderate drought developing by the end of the month across most of southern Indiana and in central Kentucky roughly north of a line from Hardinsburg to Columbia to Richmond.

There was one severe thunderstorm event during the month, though, when an upper low crossing the Midwest and a surface low over southern Illinois brought a round of severe storms to Hancock and Breckinridge Counties between 9:30pm and midnight on the 27th. Unfortunately one of the powerful storms contributed to two fatalities when an 18-year-old student pilot and his 22-year-old instructor flew too close to the storm and crashed in a forested area south of Whitesville near the Ohio/Daviess County line. Another storm that evening produced a 71 mph wind gust and blew trees down in and near Hardinsburg.

	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal	Precipitation	Departure from Normal
Bowling Green	72.0°	+0.6°	2.22"	-1.42"
Frankfort	69.7°	+0.5°	1.88"	-1.47"
Lexington	71.4°	+2.3°	0.99"	-2.43"
Louisville Ali	74.0°	+2.0°	0.74"	-2.92"
Louisville Bowman	70.6°	+0.2°	0.81"	-2.80"