Weather impact day: High heat, triple-digit heat indices, and rounds of storms (2024)

ALL RIGHT. AND TURNING TO OUR WEATHER NOW, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE UNCOMFORTABLE HEAT OUT THERE, BUT ALSO THE CHANCE FOR STORMS IN THE AREA AS WELL. KEVIN. YEAH, IF YOU’RE LUCKY, YOU’VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF FROM MOTHER NATURE. ALTHOUGH THOSE STORMS THAT WERE IN OUR NORTHERNMOST COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE HEAT AND HUMIDITY, WERE PRETTY INTENSE UP THERE WITH THOSE STORMS. BUT YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THEM NOW STILL DROPPING OFF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. MOST OF THE STORMS HAVE REMAINED CONFINED TO OUR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES, BASICALLY FROM FAYETTE UNION COUNTIES THROUGH NORTHERN BUTLER, WARREN INTO CLINTON COUNTIES AND NOTICE AS THEY DIVE SOUTHEAST, THEY TEND TO DIE OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. DOESN’T SEEM LIKE THEY’RE MAKING MUCH HEADWAY TO THE SOUTH. WE’LL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. LET’S FIRST START YOU OVER IN THE CLINTON COUNTY HERE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM, BECAUSE YOU’VE HAD TWO ROUNDS OF STORMS HERE IN NORTHERN PARTS OF WARREN AND THE CLINTON COUNTIES. HERE’S THAT STORM. AND IT’S STILL SURVIVING AS IT HEADS DOWN TOWARDS MAYBE HILLSBORO AND NEW MARKET AND TO HIGHLAND COUNTY. IT’S NOT WARMED, BUT A QUICK DOWNPOUR, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THOSE STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH MIDDLETOWN EARLIER, THOUGH, WERE PRETTY NASTY. THEY HAD SOME WIND AND HAIL UP THERE THROUGH SPRINGBORO AND FRANKLIN, OTHER STORMS KIND OF MIGRATING THEIR WAY OFF OF I-70. THESE MAY ROAM THEIR WAY INTO WESTERN PARTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MAYBE EVEN TRY TO SNEAK DOWN INTO RIPLEY COUNTY. SO NOT EVERYONE’S GOING TO SEE STORMS THIS EVENING. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACTS OF THE STORMS RIGHT? LOOK AT TEMPERATURES. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WHERE IT HASN’T RAINED TODAY. WE ARE JUST BAKING FROM 96 IN MAYSVILLE TO 95 GEORGETOWN, BATAVIA AT 94, 94 AT DELL HIGH, RIGHT. NOW CONTRAST THAT THOUGH, WHERE YOU’VE HAD STORMS WILMINGTON AND SPRINGBORO, YOU’RE IN THE UPPER 70S. SO THERE IS A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION. AND GIVEN ALL THE FUEL NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AND BY FUEL, I MEAN THE HEAT AND STEAM, I CAN’T RULE OUT THAT. WE’LL SEE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER, FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN. NOW, IF YOU DON’T GET ANY RELIEF FROM A STORM, THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE DEALING WITH. YOU’RE DEALING WITH HEAT INDICES THAT ARE JUST SHORT OF 100. SO IF YOU DON’T GET ANY RAIN THIS EVENING, IT IS GOING TO STAY AWFULLY STEAMY AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR US. SO HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. I THINK WE’VE GOT A STORM THREAT EARLY, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE RIVER. THEN THERE SHOULD BE A WINDOW WHERE THINGS QUIET DOWN A GOOD CHUNK OF THE NIGHT. BUT WE’LL NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR MAYBE ANOTHER CHANCE TOWARDS MORNING TOMORROW AND THROUGH MIDWEEK. IT’S ALL ABOUT EITHER. IT’S HOT OR IT’S STORMY FOR US, AND THAT’S KIND OF WHAT WE’RE TRACKING. SO HERE WE ARE, 92 OFFICIALLY HERE IN CINCINNATI. THERE’S THAT SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE. SO FUTURECAST SHOWS THAT THOSE STORMS, WHILE THEY MAY TRY TO DROP SOUTH CLOSER TO THE RIVER, I THINK AFTER AN HOUR OR TWO, ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN, THEY KIND OF FADE AWAY. AND THEN IT’S QUIET. AS I MENTIONED, A GOOD PART OF THE NIGHT. AND THEN THERE WILL BE NASTY STORMS OUT TOWARDS CHICAGO THIS EVENING. THAT WILL WEAKEN AS THEY ROLL OUR WAY. BUT COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE RAIN FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE WE SEE RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MOST LIKELY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO WE’VE GOT A COUPLE OF MORE CHANCES AHEAD OF US. STEAMY TONIGHT WITH AN EARLY STORM CHANCE, AND THEN MAYBE THE CHANCE FOR A LITTLE RAIN TOWARDS DAWN TOMORROW. 93. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY WITH THE MORNING SHOT AT SOME RAIN, THEN SOME STEAMY SUNSHINE. IT GETS HOT AND THEN THE THREAT FOR MORE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOMORROW. YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY IS THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH. I AM CONCERNED IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL AND THERE’S BEEN A SIGNAL FOR THIS FOR THE THREAT, FOR SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE. SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. OTHER THAN THAT, CHRIS AND ASHLEY, WE’VE GOT GORGEOUS SUMMER WEATHER RETURNING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. HIGHS ONLY IN TH