At 301 PM EDT/201 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles northwest of Georgetown, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Lexington, Georgetown, Elizabethtown, Frankfort, Nicholasville, Bardstown, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Paris, and Harrodsburg.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY LEWIS IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY BRACKEN CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUGUSTA, BROOKSVILLE, BUTLER, CAMP DIX, CARROLLTON, CRITTENDEN, DRY RIDGE, FALMOUTH, HEAD OF GRASSY, MAYSVILLE, MOUNT OLIVET, OWENTON, TOLLESBORO, VANCEBURG, WARSAW, AND WILLIAMSTOWN.