Tri-State Placed Under Flood Watch Through Sunday Morning
Several inches of rain are expected to fall across the entire Tri-State over the remainder of the week which will likely cause flooding in the lower lying portions of the area and beyond, leading the National Weather Service to put us all under a Flood Watch until Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. Central Time, 7:00 a.m. Eastern.
The Watch applies to the following locations:
At Owensboro affecting Spencer and Daviess Counties
At the Newburgh Dam affecting Spencer...Vanderburgh...
Warrick...Daviess and Henderson CountiesAt Evansville affecting Posey...Vanderburgh...
Warrick...Daviess and Henderson CountiesAt Mount Vernon affecting Posey...Vanderburgh...
Henderson and Union Counties
At the J.T. Myers Dam affecting Posey and Union Counties
At Shawneetown affecting Gallatin...Hardin...Crittenden
and Union CountiesAt Golconda affecting Hardin...Pope...Crittenden and
Livingston CountiesAt the Smithland Dam affecting Pope and Livingston Counties
At Paducah affecting Massac...Pope...Livingston and
McCracken CountiesAt the Brookport Dam affecting Massac and McCracken Counties
At the Grand Chain Dam affecting Massac...Pulaski...Ballard
and McCracken CountiesAt Cairo affecting Alexander...Pulaski...Ballard...
Carlisle...Fulton...Hickman and Mississippi Counties
Rising river levels have already caused road closures in Henderson, Hancock, Daviess, and Union County in Kentucky. If you come up on a flooded roadway, the National Weather Service encourages you to "turn around, don't drown."
[Source: National Weather Service]