Tornado Watch Issued for Western Kentucky

The National Weather Service has now issued a Tornado Watch for the entire WBKR coverage area in Western Kentucky.

Here are all the counties in the watch:

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES

IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

BALLARD               CALDWELL              CALLOWAY
CARLISLE              CHRISTIAN             CRITTENDEN
DAVIESS               FULTON                GRAVES
HANCOCK               HENDERSON             HICKMAN               
HOPKINS               LIVINGSTON            LYON                  
MARSHALL              MCCRACKEN             MCLEAN                
MUHLENBERG            OHIO                  TRIGG                 
UNION                 WEBSTER

And here is the official statement from the National Weather Service:

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO MIDNIGHT FOR STRONG
WIND GUST...AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS
MORNING. A BETTER CHANCE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY
THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON, THEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING.

AN ISOLATED AND BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITHIN MORE
INTENSE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY
EAST OF A CENTRAL CITY AND FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY LINE THIS
EVENING.