As a second round of severe weather is expected to hit Kentucky, the central region will not have access to a common alert system used by the National Weather Service. Emergency updates normally issued over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’s weather radios will be offline Tuesday night for scheduled upgrades.

Ahead a strong storm system expected to bring heavy rains, flooding, hail and tornadoes to the Commonwealth, Gov. Beshear has issued a state of emergency.

As a tornado system hammered parts of Southern Kentucky this weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear signed his 18th weather-related state of emergency declaration since taking office in 2020. The declaration, which allows the state to tap into federal funds for recovery efforts,