weather Severe Thunderstorm Watch western/central KY (6/21/19) (canceled)

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

Northeast Arkansas

Southern Illinois

Southern Indiana

Western and Central Kentucky

Southeast Missouri

Northwest Tennessee

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until

1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...

Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Multiple lines of intense thunderstorms will track

southeastward across the watch area this afternoon and evening,

posing a risk of damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles southwest of

Poplar Bluff MO to 40 miles northeast of Bowling Green KY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

WATCH 418 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM

CDT/ THIS EVENING

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

CRAWFORD HARRISON

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

BULLITT JEFFERSON NELSON

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

CASEY GREEN MARION

TAYLOR

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ADAIR CLINTON CUMBERLAND

METCALFE MONROE RUSSELL

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBANY, BARDSTOWN, BURKESVILLE,

CAMPBELLSVILLE, COLUMBIA, CORYDON, EDMONTON, ENGLISH, GREENSBURG,

JAMESTOWN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOUISVILLE, SHEPHERDSVILLE,

AND TOMPKINSVILLE.