It turns out the National Weather Service will not be far off on the rainfall totals they projected for much of the area, as the storm system that has saturated the area began its approach back in the middle of the week. Several counties have now seen double-digit rainfall totals since the rains began back on Wednesday.
When rainfall forecasts first came out for the event, the folks at the National Weather Service indicated that 10-15 inches of rain across portions of Western Kentucky would not be out of the question. That has turned out to be the case.
As of mid-morning Saturday, Christian County had received 12.09 inches since the rains started, with 3.18 of that coming since midnight Saturday morning.
In the past three days, that total is 10.46 inches as of 4:30 Saturday afternoon, just below the 3-day record of 10.85 inches in March of 1997.
According to the National Weather Service, calendar day rainfall records were set on Thursday, Friday, and today with today’s total expected to almost quadruple the old mark set on April 5, 2011.
In Trigg County, the event totals had climbed to 12.12 inches by 4:25 PM Saturday, with 3.33 inches coming since midnight.
Over the past three days, 10.15 inches of rain have fallen, which is a quarter inch off the 3-day record set in February 1989.
Hopkins County has seen 4 inches of rain since midnight, bringing the total since Wednesday to 11.6 inches.
For Caldwell County, early Saturday was especially wet, and since midnight, more than 4.50 inches has fallen. In the past three days, 9.62 inches of rain has fallen which is an inch shy of the three-day record.
Todd County had not seen nearly as much as the four previously mentioned counties. Since midnight, 2.04 inches had fallen, bringing their total since Wednesday to 7.54 inches.
All of the totals are from the Mesonet stations in their respective counties, and all of these numbers are expected to climb before sunrise Monday.
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