National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
COAL FIELDS THIS WEEKEND. SOME OF THESE STORMS BROUGHT VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL TO MANY PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. BY SUNDAY MORNING THE
RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. THE KENTUCKY RIVER AT HEIDELBERG
AND RAVENNA HAD HIT ACTION STAGE BUT WERE EXPECTED TO DROP ON MONDAY
WITHOUT APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. FOLLOWING ARE SOME RAINFALL REPORTS
RECEIVED FROM COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS FROM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
MORNINGS. THESE ARE 24 HOUR REPORTS ENDING AT 7 AM EDT EACH DAY.

STATION             COUNTY          SAT     SUN      WEEKEND TOTAL

BARBOURVILLE W.P.   KNOX COUNTY     0.50    2.00     2.50
BEATTYVILLE         LEE             0.00    1.23     1.23
BUNCH               LAUREL          1.12    1.76     2.88
BAXTER              HARLAN          0.13    2.55     2.68
CAVE RUN LAKE       ROWAN           0.31    1.96     2.27
CLOSPLINT           HARLAN          1.55    4.10     5.65
CRESSY              ESTILL          0.44    1.73     2.17
CLAY CITY           POWELL          0.78    1.63     2.41
DRAFFIN             PIKE            0.10    1.16     1.26
EZEL                MORGAN          1.17    1.31     2.48
FLEMINGSBURG        FLEMING         0.22    1.62     1.84
GIMLET              ELLIOTT         0.57    1.40     1.97
HAZARD W.P.         PERRY           0.27    1.90     2.17
HEIDELBURG          LEE             0.97    1.85     2.82
HAZARD              PERRY           0.24    2.41     2.65
ISLAND CITY         OWSLEY          0.82    2.03     2.85
INEZ                MARTIN          0.60    1.66     2.26
NWS JACKSON         BREATHITT       0.43    2.40     2.83
LONDON S.P.         LAUREL          0.48    3.37     3.85
LONDON AIRPORT      LAUREL          0.38    1.88     2.26
MONTICELLO          WAYNE           0.15    3.13     3.28
MOREHEAD S.P.       ROWAN           0.91    2.00     2.91
MOUNT STERLING      MONTGOMERY      0.91    1.14     2.05
MOUNT VERNON        ROCKCASTLE      1.27    1.26     2.53
PAINTSVILLE         JOHNSON         0.25    1.55     1.80
RELIEF              MORGAN          0.51    1.59     2.10
ROGERS              WOLFE           0.13    1.60     1.73
SALYERSVILLE        MAGOFFIN        0.58    2.18     2.76
SANDY HOOK          ELLIOTT         0.24    1.13     1.37
SKYLINE             LETCHER         0.09    2.05     2.14
SLADE               POWELL          0.52    1.40     1.92
SOMERSET            PULASKI         2.3O    2.10     4.40
STANTON             POWELL          0.71    1.52     2.32
BOONEVILLE          OWSLEY          1.42    3.40     4.82
WEST LIBERTY        MORGAN          0.62    0.91     1.53
WEST LIBERTY W.P.   MORGAN          0.38    1.18     1.56
WHITESBURG          LETCHER         0.10    1.73     1.83
WHITESBURG 2 SE     LETCHER         0.14    1.87     2.01
WILLIAMSBURG        WHITLEY         O.19    2.20     2.39