Gov. Andy Beshear Issues Warning Over Potential Tornadoes In Kentucky

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On Wednesday, Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) held a press briefing on inclement weather in Kentucky.   Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript   Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com

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00:00Hey everyone. It's Andy. We are facing a four day weather event that is

00:05severe enough that I have signed a state of emergency. It is especially

00:10concerning for far western Kentucky, which is going to see potentially

00:14historic amounts of rain over a four day period. Uh, and maybe most

00:19concerning overnight tonight, we could see some tornadoes throughout Kentucky

00:24that could be really strong. As you look at our first slide, you almost

00:29never see that number five, that highest potential risk that they can

00:35forecast. The four is scary enough on its own and the three is what we

00:40normally see for an event that we would come to you and try to tell you to be

00:45prepared and to be ready. If you look here, you can see that everything is on

00:50the table, all different risks, a medium high, uh, concerned about

00:55tornadoes, hail. We're definitely gonna have strong wind and especially over

01:00the next four days, some real flooding concerns go to the next one.

01:06This tells you how serious, especially that five and that four are tornadoes

01:12are expected and I know that's tough to hear, but they are expected

01:18throughout Kentucky, but most concerned about the area of western Kentucky

01:23that has gotten hit far too much as well. Um, as as a wider area of western

01:29Kentucky. Remember, these can be strong tornadoes, E F two and greater. Um, and

01:34and you're gonna have high wind and we're probably gonna have some

01:38damaging hail. Go to the next one.

01:41This tells you the area where tornadoes are expected a 30 plus% chance in the

01:48overnight in far western Kentucky. You know, you see 15 and even that 10%

01:54chance Louisville, Owensboro, Madisonville in that 15% area as well

02:00as Lexington, Frankfurt, Bowling Green in the 10 to 15% area.

02:07And finally, here is just a chart on when we think it's going to be coming

02:12through. Certainly you need to be in a safe space long before this with these

02:18types of risks. If you're living in a mobile home, find somebody to go stay

02:23with. If you don't have a basement, consider finding somebody to stay with

02:28tonight. We're really concerned about people's safety, especially in the

02:33overnight, because when storms or tornadoes hit while people are asleep,

02:38that's sadly when we've lost the most people. So everybody out there be

02:43really careful. We'll give you as many updates as we can throughout the day.

02:47As as these four days unfold, remember, never drive through water,

02:54especially moving water. We lost a number of people in the flooding a

02:58month and a half ago. Because of that, we don't want to lose anymore.

03:02Everybody out there be safe.

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