National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...BENEFICIAL RAINS COME TO EASTERN KENTUCKY...

THANKS TO A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...MANY AREAS SAW GENEROUS
AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
RANGED FROM AROUND AN INCH NEAR INTERSTATE 64...TO OVER TWO AND A
HALF INCHES IN SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES HAVE BEEN NOTED DUE TO THIS PRECIPITATION.
NOTABLY IN THE CUMBERLAND AND KENTUCKY RIVER BASINS. RIVER FORECAST
POINTS AT BOONEVILLE...IRVINE...AND WILLIAMSBURG ARE ANTICIPATED TO
CREST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. OTHER POINTS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND AND
KENTUCKY RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN HIGH AS WELL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR
FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET OR LOG ONTO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS HAZARDOUS SITUATION.

THIS RAIN WILL SURELY ALLEVIATE THE DROUGHT SITUATION THAT HAS
PLAGUED EASTERN KENTUCKY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. LOOK FOR RAIN
TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING...AS COLDER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE COALFIELDS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY
FROM AROUND AN INCH OR LESS IN THE NORTHERN COALFIELDS...TO AS MUCH
AS THREE INCHES ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER.

HERE ARE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY COOPERATIVE WEATHER
STATIONS AND AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEMS FROM EARLY
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

LOCATION         /   COUNTY     /     PRECIPITATION

BARBOURVILLE         KNOX              2.21 INCHES
BEATTYVILLE 4N       LEE               1.44 INCHES
BIG SHELBY           PIKE              1.69 INCHES
BUCKHORN LAKE        PERRY             1.98 INCHES
BUNCH                LAUREL            1.79 INCHES
BAXTER               HARLAN            2.10 INCHES
CARR CREEK           KNOTT             1.84 INCHES
CAVE RUN LAKE        ROWAN             0.94 INCHES
CLOSPLINT 4ESE       HARLAN            2.39 INCHES
COLO                 PULASKI           1.88 INCHES
CRESSY               ESTILL            0.96 INCHES
CUMBERLAND 2N        HARLAN            2.21 INCHES
DRAFFIN              PIKE              1.69 INCHES
FLEMINGSBURG 2N      FLEMING           1.60 INCHES
GIMLET               ELLIOTT           1.04 INCHES
HAZARD WATER         PERRY             1.92 INCHES
HEIDELBERG 2N        LEE               1.43 INCHES
HARLAN S.P.          HARLAN            2.29 INCHES
HAZARD               PERRY             1.98 INCHES
HAZARD S.P.          PERRY             1.83 INCHES
ISLAND CITY          OWSLEY            1.62 INCHES
INEZ 2E              MARTIN            1.85 INCHES
JEREMIAH 1S          LETCHER           1.73 INCHES
NWS JACKSON          BREATHITT         1.72 INCHES
LONDON CORBIN APT    LAUREL            1.44 INCHES
MIDDLESBORO 2N       BELL              2.62 INCHES
MONTICELLO 3NE       WAYNE             1.66 INCHES
MOREHEAD S.P.        ROWAN             0.92 INCHES
MOUNT STERLING 5N    MONTGOMERY        0.97 INCHES
MOUNT VERNON         ROCKCASTLE        1.28 INCHES
ONEIDA               CLAY              1.92 INCHES
PAINTSVILLE 1E       JOHNSON           1.88 INCHES
PRESTONSBURG 3NW     FLOYD             1.75 INCHES
RELIEF               MORGAN            1.32 INCHES
ROGERS               WOLFE             1.28 INCHES
SALYERSVILLE         MAGOFFIN          1.88 INCHES
SANDY HOOK           ELLIOTT           1.38 INCHES
SKYLINE              LETCHER           1.62 INCHES
SLADE 5NE            POWELL            1.04 INCHES
SOMERSET 2N          PULASKI           1.58 INCHES
STANTON 2W           POWELL            1.15 INCHES
STEARNS 2S           MCCREARY          1.84 INCHES
BOONEVILLE 1SE       OWSLEY            1.85 INCHES
VICTORY 5NW          LAUREL            1.51 INCHES
WEST LIBERTY 3NW     MORGAN            1.21 INCHES
WEST LIBERTY 11NW    MORGAN            1.11 INCHES
WHITESBURG           LETCHER           1.73 INCHES
WHITESBURG 2SE       LETCHER           1.52 INCHES
WILLIAMSBURG 1NW     WHITLEY           2.89 INCHES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT JACKSON WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE
DEDICATED COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR TIMELY REPORTS.