A second round of severe weather is expected to hit Kentucky later Wednesday, bringing damaging wind gusts and the possibility of hail and tornadoes. The second round of storms is expected to be more severe than the first round that hit Wednesday morning.

Kentucky’s Statewide Tornado Drill will take place at 10:07 a.m. Wednesday, with sirens sounding in Fayette County as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week.

Thousands of people were given minutes to seek shelter on Wednesday afternoon after a tornado warning was issued.

We followed a deadly severe weather outbreak as it moved east, bringing the threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic.

On Wednesday morning, residents in parts of the US received tornado warnings. While some states like North Carolina actively participated, others like Missouri cancelled their drills due to real severe weather risks.

A Tornado Warning alert was accidentally issued in Kentucky as part of the Statewide Tornado Drill, which was scheduled to take place despite the forecast including storm chances.

Kentucky’s annual statewide tornado drill will take place Wednesday at 10:07 a.m., with test warnings and sirens sounding across communities including Lexington.

Following Tuesday's destructive tornadoes, more severe thunderstorms are now sweeping eastward through the South and the mid-Atlantic states. Get the latest on the severe outbreak's impacts and forecast here.

This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Kentucky, and the National Weather Service (NWS) says that severe weather can occur anytime of the year, bringing many

The Storm Prediction Center continues to have a Slight Risk (level 2/5) for all of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.