Tropical Moisture to Bring Heavy Rains Late This Week

â€‹â€‹Widespread soaking rainfall, heavy at times, is likely late Thursday through Friday night
A few rivers may flood, and street flooding is likely in areas that receive multiple rounds of heavy rain
Storm total rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches through Saturday morning, with locally higher amounts

Details:

Tropical air from the Gulf of America will stream northward into central Kentucky on Thursday and into southern Indiana by Thursday evening. Rain and thunderstorm chances will gradually increase from south to north throughout the day. Stronger thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening could easily produce a quick inch of rainfall. Widespread soaking rainfall and scattered thunderstorms are then expected from late Thursday through late Friday night.

Flooding may become an issue Friday and Friday night. The second wave of heavy rain will develop late Thursday night and continue into Friday morning, focusing somewhere along the Ohio River. Areal average rainfall totals in this band could range from 1 to 2 inches.

A third wave of rainfall will occur closer to the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy as they travel near southern Kentucky Friday night. Areal average rainfall totals with this wave should range from 1 to 3 inches.

Storm total rainfall amounts from Thursday through Saturday morning are forecast to range from 2 to 5 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. This much rain will fill up creeks and may cause a few rivers to rise near flood levels. Areas that see multiple rounds of heavy rain will likely experience street flooding as well.