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Flash Floods occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall, a dam or levee failure, or sudden release of water held by an ice jam. Most Flash Flooding is caused by slow-moving Thunderstorms, Thunderstorms repeatedly moving over the same area, or heavy rains from Hurricanes or Tropical Storms. When the waters start rising, what do you do? Find out all you need to know if the waters rise in Kentuckiana again.
A Heat Wave was once defined as a spell of three or more consecutive days when the shade temperature reached 90 degrees farhenheit on each day. Heat and Humidity...
What would summer In Kentuckiana be without them?
Find out everything about staying comfortable and safe during Summer Heat.
A Tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air extending from a Thunderstorm to the ground. These destructive forces of nature are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains during the Spring and Summer months.
WAVE3's in depth discussion of Tornado Safety
The typical Thunderstorm is 15 miles in diameter and lasts an average of 30 minutes. Nearly 1,800 Thunderstorms are occuring at any moment around the world. That's 16 million a year!
Are you safe during a thunderstorm?
To learn everything you'll need to know to be safe during a Thunderstorm
Sometimes Winter Storms are accompanied by strong winds creating blizzard conditions with blinding wind-driven snow, severe drifting, and dangerous wind chills. Ice storms are sometimes associated with Winter Storms...something we are familiar with in Kentuckiana. Everything you need to know about Winter Storm Safety
