LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Washington County is under a Tornado Warning until 10:45 p.m.
Tornado Warnings in Jefferson, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson, Shelby, and Spencer Counties have all expired.
Watch the player above for the live coverage during the Tornado Warnings.
A Tornado Watch has been issued for Louisville and much of the WLKY viewing area until 3 a.m. Stay weather aware Sunday evening and be ready to seek shelter if your area does get a tornado warning.
Weather updates:
10:37 p.m. – Meade County RECC reports 5,600 people are without power across its six-county service area including Meade, Breckinridge, and Hardin Counties. Crews are working to restore power.
People are warned to stay away from downed power lines. Check current outages here.
10:22 p.m. – A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 9:45 p.m. CDT for Hart County.
10:17 p.m. – Washington County is under a Tornado Warning until 10:45 p.m.
10:16 p.m. – Flash Flood Warning issued including New Pekin, Palmyra, and Marengo in Indiana until 1:15 a.m.
10:14 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Elizabethtown, Hodgenville, and New Haven until 10:30 p.m.
10 p.m. – Spencer County is under a Tornado Warning until 10:15 p.m.
9:55 p.m. – Tornado Warning issued for Bardstown, Shepherdsville, and Lebanon Junction in effect until 10:15 p.m.
9:46 p.m. – Tornado Warning issued for southern Louisville and northern Bullitt County, including Mount Washington, Hillview, and Brooks in effect until 10:15 p.m. Jeffersontown, West Buechel, and Heritage Creek are included in it.
9:38 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued including Louisville, Hillview, and Brooks in Kentucky until 10 p.m.
9:24 p.m. – Tornado Warning expanded to include Meade County, western portions of Bullitt County and northern Hardin County. That will go until 10 p.m.
9:15 p.m. – Tornado Warning including Hardinsburg, Irvington, and Custer, Kentucky in effect until 8:45 p.m. CDT.
9:10 p.m. – The mainline appears to be weakening but, damaging hail and straight line winds are possible as storms slowly move east across Kentucky, southern Indiana toward Louisville area.
8:27 p.m. – A special weather statement has been issued advising of pea-sized hail for Charlestown, Sellersburg, and Henryville in Indiana until 8:45 p.m.
8:20 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued including Corydon, Georgetown, and Galena in Indiana until 8:30 p.m.
7:50 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued including Salem, New Pekin, Palmyra in Indiana until 8:15 p.m.
7:44 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued including Paoli, French Lick, and West Baden Springs in Indiana until 8:15 p.m.
7:27 p.m. – A special weather statement advising of possible half-inch-size hail has been issued for Marengo, English, and Valeene in Indiana until 7:45 p.m.
7:25 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued including Jasper, Huntingburg, Holland in Indiana until 7:45 p.m.
7:20 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued including Jasper, Paoli, and Orleans in Indiana until 7:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m. – A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio until 1 a.m.
5 p.m. – Watch the latest forecast with Jay Cardosi and Eric Zernich in the player above as severe weather moves closer to the Louisville area.
4:15 p.m. – Band of heavy rain with some thunder quickly moves through downtown Louisville area.
1 p.m. – A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri until 8 p.m. EDT. Counties in Indiana include Brown, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, and Sullivan. Kentucky counties include Daviess, Henderson, and Union.
- 6 p.m. – Possible scattered heavy downpours ahead of the main storm line.
- 9 p.m. – Some severe weather supercells appear out ahead of the mainline and could cause some tornado spin-ups.
- 10 p.m. – The storm line moves into southern Indiana communities such as Salem, Scottsburg, and Charlestown. Areas in Kentucky to the west of Louisville like Breckinridge County could also see severe activity.
- 11 p.m. – The storm line moves into the Louisville Metro area as it crosses the Ohio River and moves into areas along the Interstate 71 corridor such as Oldham County.
- Midnight – The severe weather will be hitting counties to the east and south of Louisville.
- 1 a.m. – Things should be letting up with just lingering light showers, the bulk of the severe weather heading toward the Lexington area.
- 2 a.m. – The threat of any severe weather should be over for our area.