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... Beneficial rains come to eastern Kentucky...

Thanks to a stalled frontal boundary... many areas saw generous
amounts of precipitation over the last two days. Rainfall amounts
ranged from around an inch near Interstate 64... to over two and a
half inches in some isolated areas of south central Kentucky.
Significant river rises have been noted due to this precipitation.
Notably in the Cumberland and Kentucky River basins. River forecast
points at Booneville... Irvine... and Williamsburg are anticipated to
crest above flood stage. Other points along the Cumberland and
Kentucky rivers are expected to run high as well. Stay tuned to your
favorite local media outlet or log onto www.Weather.Gov/jacksonky
for further information on this hazardous situation.

This rain will surely alleviate the drought situation that has
plagued eastern Kentucky for the past several months. Look for rain
to change to snow showers by this evening... as colder air filters
into the coalfields. Snowfall accumulations are expected to vary
from around an inch or less in the northern coalfields... to as much
as three inches along the Virginia border.

Here are rainfall totals from eastern Kentucky cooperative weather
stations and automated surface observing systems from early
Monday morning through 7 am EST Wednesday...

Location / County / precipitation

Barbourville Knox 2.21 inches
Beattyville 4n Lee 1.44 inches
big Shelby Pike 1.69 inches
BUckhorn Lake Perry 1.98 inches
bunch Laurel 1.79 inches
Baxter Harlan 2.10 inches
Carr Creek Knott 1.84 inches
Cave Run Lake Rowan 0.94 inches
Closplint 4ese Harlan 2.39 inches
Colo Pulaski 1.88 inches
Cressy Estill 0.96 inches
Cumberland 2n Harlan 2.21 inches
Draffin Pike 1.69 inches
Flemingsburg 2n Fleming 1.60 inches
Gimlet Elliott 1.04 inches
hazard water Perry 1.92 inches
Heidelberg 2n Lee 1.43 inches
Harlan S.P. Harlan 2.29 inches
hazard Perry 1.98 inches
hazard S.P. Perry 1.83 inches
Island City Owsley 1.62 inches
Inez 2e Martin 1.85 inches
Jeremiah 1s Letcher 1.73 inches
NWS Jackson Breathitt 1.72 inches
London Corbin apt Laurel 1.44 inches
Middlesboro 2n Bell 2.62 inches
Monticello 3ne Wayne 1.66 inches
Morehead S.P. Rowan 0.92 inches
Mount Sterling 5n Montgomery 0.97 inches
Mount Vernon Rockcastle 1.28 inches
Oneida Clay 1.92 inches
Paintsville 1e Johnson 1.88 inches
Prestonsburg 3nw Floyd 1.75 inches
relief Morgan 1.32 inches
Rogers Wolfe 1.28 inches
Salyersville Magoffin 1.88 inches
Sandy Hook Elliott 1.38 inches
Skyline Letcher 1.62 inches
Slade 5ne Powell 1.04 inches
Somerset 2n Pulaski 1.58 inches
Stanton 2w Powell 1.15 inches
Stearns 2s McCreary 1.84 inches
Booneville 1se Owsley 1.85 inches
Victory 5nw Laurel 1.51 inches
West Liberty 3nw Morgan 1.21 inches
West Liberty 11nw Morgan 1.11 inches
Whitesburg Letcher 1.73 inches
Whitesburg 2se Letcher 1.52 inches
Williamsburg 1nw Whitley 2.89 inches

The National Weather Service at Jackson would like to thank all the
dedicated cooperative weather observers for their timely reports.