Possible Tornado Threat for Friday Night in KY, IN, & IL

We have certainly had ourselves a winter. While we weren't bombarded EVERY week with something, we were coming off a relatively mild 2023-2024 winter. So multiple winter storms and all that rain seemed even BIGGER.

Severe Weather Threat

Now, here we are enjoying the best weather week of the year, so far. Right now, I'm seeing a temperature reading of 75 glorious degrees with more to come. Those 70s are expected to stick around through Friday. But that's when it starts getting interesting, based on increasingly concerning updates from the National Weather Service.

Tornado Threat

If all goes according to prognostication, the first round of storms will cruise through southeast Missouri before landing in western Kentucky and southern Illinois. The arrival time is expected to be very late Friday night into the overnight hours of Saturday morning. Damaging wind gusts and tornadoes are the primary threats.

Despite the primary threat being damaging winds and tornadoes, we're also expecting a lot of rain. It isn't as much as what we've dealt with recently, but it's not insignificant, according to these graphics from the National Weather Service's Paducah office that show rainfall totals as well as what areas can expect these potentially severe wind gusts.

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There is also rain in the forecast for extreme western Kentucky late Wednesday night, and lightning is considered that storm's primary threat. But that storm is ALSO not expected to rise to any severe levels. Those are predicted to be in store for us Friday night into Saturday.

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One more thing...

We're heading into severe weather season for the Ohio Valley, and THIS could be a real life-saver.