at 5:17 PM by Jacob Wilkins

Heavy Rain Event Recap

As the heavy rain from Harvey continues to push out of the region, let’s take a look back at the event as a whole. Rain began moving into the region about 24 hours ago as of this writing, or around 5:30 PM on August 31st.

 

The rain began to get a bit heavier during the late evening hours and overnight, causing the first flash flood warnings to be prompted around 11:30 PM.

 

The WON team anxiously watched the radar in the wee hours of the morning, waiting for the first light of day for pictures of flooded roadways to begin flying in. Before we saw any pictures, we found out that numerous school closings were taking place today due to flooded roads.

 

As light finally touched the region, pictures began “pouring” in on social media. Some of the hardest hit areas were around Elrod Rd and Browning Rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rain also caused the ground to become very saturated. That saturation, combined with gusty winds around 35 mph from the remnants of Harvey caused several trees to fall across the region as well.

 

 

Overall, a wide swath of 5+” of rain fell across the region, with a few places eclipsing the 7″ mark. Reminder that we’re talking about rain here, although it sounds a bit more like winter storm snow totals.

 

According to the National Weather Service so much rain fell in Bowling Green that it ranks second among the most rain on a single September day. We still have a few isolated showers in the region too.

 

The rain should diminish through the rest of the evening and overnight. Fortunately, things should remain dry on Saturday, which should help local streams and low-lying areas drain out. Have any pictures you’d like to share? Be sure to tweet them to us @wxornotBG!