Friday, may 16, 2025 12:30 PM

Situation hasn’t changed much since yesterday. Todays heating has been delayed by morning rain/clouds, but we’ll be into sunshine and strong southerly winds soon. That’ll be enough to still put us under a strong severe storms threat this evening. Best estimate looks like 8-10 PM tonight.

Currently, soon-to-be severe thunderstorms are firing over northern Arkansas into southern Missouri. This area will gradually merge into a line or two of severe thunderstorms and move rapidly eastward toward the Ohio Valley. Individual supercells will be possible ahead of the actual cold front pushing the squall line eastward. These supercells should be especially dangerous. Luckily for us, the most likely place for these isolated storms will occur from near the Mississippi River into West KY, southern IL and southern IN. It’s expected that these supercells will merge into lines and weaken a bit before reaching us.

Again, expect a line of strong-to-severe thunderstorms to pass through the Louisville area between about 8 to 10 PM.