Weather forecasters said last week’s rain would reach historic levels, and they proved to be right.
Several counties in western Kentucky set new records for two-, three-, and four-day rainfall totals.
The Hopkins County Mesonet site received 13.14 inches from Wednesday to Sunday. Friday and Saturday’s total of 7.70 inches was less than the two-day record of 11.79 inches set in March 1997. The three-day total from Thursday to Saturday was 10.2 inches, below the record of 12.75 inches, also set in 1997.
The National Weather Service covers 58 counties in five states. The Marshall County Mesonet site, located four miles north of Benton, received 15.59 inches for the four days ending at midnight Saturday night. That broke the old record of 15.53 inches set in Williamsville, Mo., on August 13-16, 2016.
The Graves County, Kentucky Co-op station, located two miles north of Mayfield, also broke the record, getting 15.55 inches over the same four-day period.
(Author: Scott Brown)
