Heavy rain from a thunderstorm complex left flooding across the Paducah, KY region early this morning. According to the ASOS station in Paducah, 2.98″ of rain has fallen, with 2.63″ of that falling in a two hour time span. Locations north of the ASOS station received over 5″ of rain according the National Weather Service. Below are some pictures from Twitter users of the flooding.
Perkins Creek sends water into businesses along I-24 exit 4 per Scottie Norman. #Paducah #KYwx pic.twitter.com/0WfvjRQhHw
— Jennifer Rukavina (@JRukavinaWPSD) July 7, 2015
Flash flooding takes out retaining wall at Keiler Park this morning. #Kywx #Paducah per Danny Granstaff. pic.twitter.com/q0Dxc0ZWW9
— Jennifer Rukavina (@JRukavinaWPSD) July 7, 2015
5.44 INCHES of rain at the River Gauge Site along the Ohio, 3 ENE of Paducah, KY from early this a.m. #kywx
— NWS Paducah (@NWSPaducah) July 7, 2015
Firefighters going door to door checking on residents near 25th and LaClede per Donta Tyler. #kywx #Paducah #flood pic.twitter.com/gRDX9KiY5u
— Jennifer Rukavina (@JRukavinaWPSD) July 7, 2015
Wow! These heroes rescued a woman in Paducah during flash flooding. http://t.co/5NwonAWGQk Photo: George Cumbee #kywx pic.twitter.com/7qzXtSisYY
— KFVS News (@kfvsnews) July 7, 2015
#Paducah #Flooding – #KYwx #flood RT@AshleyWxGal #Flooding in #Paducah @Ginger_Zee @JimCantore pic.twitter.com/c7KsiABObR
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) July 7, 2015
Friend posted this on Facebook. Wow. @WxOrNotBG pic.twitter.com/liHHBCZzPx
— Jason Gravil (@jasongravil) July 7, 2015
Unfortunately, it looks like more rain is on the way for Paducah. You can get the latest forecast for Bowling Green in the morning forecast post.