What to know about the dangers of nocturnal tornadoes

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky is one of the states in the South that is notorious for night tornadoes.

Experts say most tornadoes begin in the plains of the United States, such as Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The storms will then race their way eastward into the Ohio Valley during the day.

This is where the storms sometimes weaken as they enter the Commonwealth.

Experts say the nighttime hours allow for instability to occur. Our region is on the lower end of the tornado rating scale.

Well-known weather specialist, Shane Holinde, with the Kentucky Mesonet and Climate Center, explains this further. He says the travel path of these tornadoes “lesson the threat” of them.

Holinde adds that the squall line delivers “isolated spin-up tornadoes” that only touch down “for maybe a moment.”

Kentucky’s peak time for serve weather is in April, May and June. This fast start to the season is cause by cooler water near the equator.

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