Well-below average temperatures stick around for Tuesday

Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has the latest in your ABC 36 Storm Team forecast

The first few days of May are feeling more like March across the region. After temperatures only reached the 50s on Monday, conditions will remain chilly on Tuesday. The good news is that we will start off the day with some sunshine. However, that will be short-lived as scattered clouds and a few showers will be possible in the afternoon…

Welcome to March…uh I mean May here in Central and Eastern Kentucky

An upper level low will keep things unseasonably cool for a few days before a warm-up kicks in

The calendar said May 1st but Monday could have easily passed for March 1st across Central and Eastern Kentucky as afternoon highs struggled into the low to mid 50s! These readings are typically seen during the first week of March…not May so we were a solid 15 to 20 degrees below average. This is all due to an upper level…

A chilly start to May before a warm up by Derby day

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Sunday evening forecast!

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, small hail producing showers and storms have been about the area this afternoon and evening. Check out this picture of what looks like snow, but is hail in Dry Ridge. Where do we go after tonight? Here is a look at our weather headlines. The first day of May…

A VERY cool start to May

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Saturday evening forecast!

    Good Saturday evening everyone, today has been a split day in the weather department. What I mean by that is that southern and eastern Kentucky has seen mainly dry skies and temperatures that reached 70 degrees while central and northern Kentucky has seen a good deal of rain showers which has kept temperatures into the low 60s. Here…

Dodging spotty showers to close out April this weekend

Much cooler air will return to the area as we kick off May and Derby week on Monday

With an area of low pressure spinning through the heart of the Ohio Valley, we saw a few pop-up showers and storms for areas south and east of Lexington to close out the week on Friday. Afternoon highs topped out into the upper 60s in most locations, thanks to a little bit of sunshine peeking through the clouds on occasion….

Louisville doctor who helped victims in 2 mass shootings speaks in DC at gun violence prevention task force

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVQ) — Dr. Jason Smith, whose voice was heard at nearly every press conference following two mass shootings in the same week in Louisville, spoke at a gun violence prevention task force event in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Dr. Smith is the University of Louisville Health’s chief medical officer. He and his team aided not only the victims…

Georgetown woman dies in crash on Briar Hill Road

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A woman died in a single-vehicle crash on Briar Hill Road Friday morning. According to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn, the 39-year-old Georgetown woman was driving on Briar Hill Road when she crossed into the opposite lane and hit a tree. She then ricocheted off that tree and crossed back over both lanes where she struck…

Wall of Lexington apartment complex collapses

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A side wall of an apartment complex in northeast Lexington collapsed Friday morning. An ABC 36 crew at the scene of the Valore at The Baxter Apartments said the side wall collapsed, appearing to be where two to four apartment complexes were located. The brick facade fell off, leaving debris scattered across the ground. No injuries…