Unemployment rates decreased in 49 Kentucky counties between April 2012 and April 2013 and several counties in the 14 News viewing area enjoy some of the lowest in the Commonwealth.

Sixty-three county rates rose and eight stayed the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.

Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 5.4 percent. It was followed by Oldham County, 5.6 percent; Fayette County, 5.9 percent; Ohio and Shelby counties, 6 percent each; Daviess and Scott counties, 6.1 percent each; Franklin and Hancock counties, 6.2 percent each; and Boone, Henderson, Madison and Spencer counties, 6.3 percent.

Here's a photo we received this week from Rachel Warren of Owensboro (above) and another below from Jessica Willet-Mays in Clay.  

A plethora of flying saucer clouds...which were in abundance in western Kentucky...are not tornadoes or wall clouds. How do they form?  A thunderstorm is feeding off of warm moist air which is sucked into the updraft like a vacuum.  Colder air at the top of the thunderstorm is pumped out. Some of the cold air sinks to the surface in advance of the thunderstorm. The cold air meets the warm updraft and condenses into a shelf cloud. Yes...it can look like a spaceship.

Several Tri-Staters snapped pictures of some unique looking clouds Tuesday night.

This picture was taken in Clay, Kentucky by Jessica Willett Mays.

Most of the ominous looking cloud formations were that of shelf or roll clouds.  These clouds mark the leading edge of a strong thunderstorm, many times producing gusty winds. 

As dangerous as these storms look, shelf and roll clouds generally do not produce tornadoes.  They sure do make for some interesting pictures, though!