A few storms may be possible Tuesday morning, but the main threat for strong-to-severe thunderstorms comes in the afternoon to evening hours. Damaging winds, excessive rain and isolated tornadoes are all possible. Make sure you stay weather aware and have a way to receive severe weather alerts.

A round of strong to severe storms starts the day as a warm front lifts northeastward. Warm and unstable air surges in behind this warm front with southern Kentucky hitting the 80s. Low pressure then rolls from west to east across the lower Ohio Valley. This puts Kentucky in the warm sector, leading to rounds of strong to severe storms.

Kentucky firefighter Leslie Leatherman answered the call for help when a late-night tornado plowed through his Laurel County community.

Severe thunderstorms and tornado watches are in place on Tuesday, with 30 million Americans on alert for strong winds, large hail and flash flooding.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is giving an update Tuesday as the southern Kentucky region braces for more severe weather amid recovery efforts from devastating storms.

The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.

Forecasters warned Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.

After a deadly tornado hit London, KY, residents cleaned up while bracing for another potentially severe storm.