The official rainfall totals from the National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky.
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From the Heavy rains overnight and this morning my personal weather station has calculated 3.33 inches (and counting) of rainfall as of 3:09 pm.
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Harrison County in south central Indiana... Perry County in south central Indiana... Southwestern Spencer County in central Kentucky... Nelson County in central Kentucky... Meade County in central Kentucky... Hancock County in central Kentucky... Larue County in central Kentucky... Grayson County in central Kentucky... Hardin County in central Kentucky... Breckinridge County in central Kentucky... Bullitt County in central Kentucky... Ohio County in central Kentucky...
* Until 700 PM EST/600 PM CST/.
* At 254 PM EST/154 PM CST/, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Elizabethtown, Bardstown, Shepherdsville, Tell City, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, Hartford, Brandenburg, Hardinsburg and Pioneer Village.
A line of thunderstorms moving into the region easily could dump an additional inch of rainfall over a 30 minute period.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
I took these photos about an hour ago.
As you can see from the creek across the street from me, it has come out of its banks. This is minor and it happens often after heavy rain for prolonged periods of time.
Flood Advisory
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... Spencer County in central Kentucky... Southeastern Shelby County in central Kentucky... Central Nelson County in central Kentucky... Western Mercer County in central Kentucky... Northwestern Woodford County in central Kentucky... Anderson County in central Kentucky... Northern Marion County in central Kentucky... Washington County in central Kentucky... Western Franklin County in central Kentucky...
* Until 300 PM EST.
* At 1203 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain that will cause urban and small stream flooding in the advisory area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Frankfort, Shelbyville, Bardstown, Lawrenceburg, Springfield, Taylorsville, Ballard, Bloomfield, Loretto and Willisburg.
Additional rainfall of around 1 inch is expected over the area through tonight. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
There is a Marginal Risk for Strong to Severe thunderstorms mainly West of I-65.
Rumbles of thunder will still be possible later this afternoon and evening for Central and Eastern Kentucky.
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* Flash Flood Watch for portions of Indiana and Kentucky, including the following areas, in Indiana, Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry, and Washington. In Kentucky, Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Lincoln, Logan, Madison, Marion, Meade, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Warren, Washington, and Woodford.
* Through late tonight
