The National Weather Service Office in Paducah is continuing to assess damage from last week’s storms that produced tornadoes and flooding across western Kentucky.
Lead forecaster Justin Gibbs says river and aerial flooding continues across the area.
click to download audioA flood warning remains in effect for the Little River in Christian and Trigg counties.
The only place NOAA measures in Trigg County is the Little River near Hardy Road, about eight miles from Cadiz. That location set a new record crest of 22.88 feet Sunday morning at 3:00. The old record of 22.4 feet was set in 1984. As of midday Monday, it had dropped to 18.75 feet. It was at 5.7 feet a week ago.
The South Fork of the Little River in Hopkinsville on the bypass crested at 21.2 feet Friday morning at 9:00, just below the July 2016 record of 21.35 feet. It was at 11 feet at midday on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Pond River above Apex on the Christian/Muhlenberg line crested at 25.4 feet Friday night, just below the record of 26.8 feet set in November 1957.
The Tradewater River on the Caldwell/Hopkins County line near Dawson Springs set a record crest of 20.39 feet Sunday morning at 9:45 and has remained unchanged through midday Monday. The old record was 19.27 feet in January 1937.
Meanwhile, the Green River at Paradise is at major flood stage at 401.6 feet by midday Monday and is forecast at 403.4 feet by Wednesday morning, just shy of the record crest of 403.6 feet set in March 1962. It’s expected to remain in a major flood stage through Saturday morning.
The Green River at Rochester measured 51.8 feet on Monday at midday, which was also in major flood stage. It’s expected to crest at 53 feet Tuesday afternoon and remain in a major flood stage until Saturday.
Gibbs says survey teams are looking at possible tornado tracks in Calloway and Hopkins counties but the flooding concerns has limited how many people can go out to assess the damage.
click to download audioAs of mid-morning Monday, the Paducah office had confirmed 13 tornadoes from the night of April 2 with six of them measuring an EF-2.
