A potent storm system will move into the commonwealth this weekend.

While today continues to be windy and warm, the rain will continue to hold off. We have a Wind Advisory with wind gusts up to 50 mph late Friday night into Saturday morning.

It is not until late tonight into Saturday morning that showers and thunderstorms will show up in Kentucky. Strong to severe storms will develop to our west this evening and drift into western Kentucky tonight. These storms will weaken as they approach central Kentucky around daybreak Saturday. The main threats will be damaging straight-line winds and potentially a few tornadoes. Here is the risk area for Friday night into Saturday.

While the areas most likely to see severe weather tonight into early Saturday morning will be west of I-65, the threat will shift to central and eastern Kentucky Saturday. The threat to see heavy rain and flooding will be more likely Saturday into Saturday night when 1 to 3 inches of rain could fall across the area, with parts of southern Kentucky seeing the possibility of up to 4 inches.

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