A line of thunderstorms will track east across Kentucky through the afternoon and early evening hours. These storms are embedded in a dynamic environment that supports rotating updrafts, increasing the potential for a few brief tornadoes—especially in localized stronger cells.

Nearly 60 million people in the central and southern U.S. are once again under threat of severe weather Tuesday, including most of Kentucky, which just endured a tornado outbreak last Friday that claimed at least 19 lives in the state.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for Adair, Breckinridge, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue and Taylor counties until 11 p.m. There are no active warnings for southern Indiana at this time. This story will be updated if new severe weather alerts are issued.

PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) — Portions of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky are under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. on May 20. The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch with threats which include scattered hail up to tennis ball size, widespread gusts up to 70 mph and a few tornadoes are likely.

The weather service predicts two waves of storm systems Tuesday, with the second having the potential for significant impact across KY.

Tuesday features another heightened risk of severe storms in the Midwest and South, but then a much-needed break from widespread severe weather will arrive for the second half of the week.

An apparent powerful tornado tore through Russell, Pulaski and Laurel County in Kentucky late Friday night, leaving a trail of destruction and killing several.

As Kentucky braces for the possibility of more severe weather Tuesday night, the National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Pulaski and Laurel counties late Friday was an EF-4, with winds of 170 miles per hour.

Severe thunderstorms and tornado watches are in place on Tuesday, with 40 million Americans on alert for strong winds, large hail and flash flooding.

Dozens of tornados ripped through Midwestern states this weekend, causing millions of dollars in damage and multiple deaths.

Additionally, there was no evidence that tornado sirens in the area had been deactivated by the Trump administration's budget cuts — if there was, the people affected by the storm certainly would have noted that fact in interviews.