Here's the area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 5.62 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the river is at 4
Here's the latest area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 9.15 feet, below the 17-foot flood stage. At Clay City the
Here's the latest on area river stages as of this morning. Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 5.89 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the stage
Thunderstorms moved through the area yesterday ahead of a cold front that has cooled things down for the area. While there was only 1 warning issued for our entire listening area on Wednesday, there were several damage reports. In Hamilton County, there was damage reported to the Helena Plant on 142 near Dale. In White County, there was a report of 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts that topped a tree and knocked off an old satellite dish from a roof. Storms increased in intensity moving off to the east of the area. Flood Warnings are now in place for portions of the area. Checking River stages right now, the Little Wabash River at Clay City is at 14.73 feet and rising. At Golden Gate, the reading was 24.98 feet and rising. At Carmi, the reading was 31.67 feet and rising. The Wabash River at Mount Carmel is at 22.97 feet. On the Skillet Fork at Wayne City, the reading was at 8.37 feet. On Bonpas Creek at Browns, the gauge was reading 15.91 feet.
Weather continues to be the top story around the area as this area saw a good portion of rain Friday. According to information from the National Weather Service, Wayne County recorded 3 inches of rainfall while portions of Edwards County saw rainfall of 3.21 inches. Pope County reported the highest rainfall total in the region as they received 5.2 inches of rain according to the weather service. Over the weekend, weather services officials released some of the damage information from the storms that came through. With the severe weather, only one tornado was reported in the National Weather Service Paducah region and that was in McCracken County, Kentucky. Weather service officials say that tornado was an EF-2 with estimated winds of around 125 miles per hour and a path of 1.5 miles. No injuries or deaths were reported with the weather. The highest wind gust in our area came out of Carmi with a recorded gust of 48 miles per hour. Mount Vernon reported a 41-mile-per-hour gust while West