Rainfall Totals Updated Throughout This Event

Here are a few sites to monitor current rainfall amounts....You can also access them from my Miks Piks section of the blog...

http://water.weather.gov/afws/stprecipsummary.php?state=KY

I don't know how current and accurate this site is, but some reporting stations appear credible.

Here's a regional favorite....

http://www.kymesonet.org/

Just click on the Precipitation tab 'since 12am' and shows latest 24 hour amounts. Also, create an event for specific location using this helpful table below...

http://www.kymesonet.org/event_precip.php

For Louisville residents, I like using the MSD automated rain gauges. For the most part, they work pretty well....

 http://www.msdlouky.org/aboutmsd/rainfall.cfm

Also, follow river levels at the site below for the Louisville CWA...

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=lmk

Here is another view from Jackson's CWA...

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=jkl

Estimated precipitation amounts can be accessed from the same site. Just use 'Precipitation' tab at the top....For example...

http://water.weather.gov/precip/index.php?location_type=wfo&location_name=jkl

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At 1:15pm, my rainfall total in Valley Station is...0.24"
The rainfall has been fairly light though steady. Rain began here just after 9:00am.

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4:30am UPDATE

A band of heavy rain just pushed through the area. Rainfall amounts have now topped 1.50"
here at my house in Valley Station since 9:00am yesterday. Otherwise, the overnight rains had been generally light though persistent and steady. Heaviest rainfall totals include Floyds fork in eastern Jefferson county with 1.91" and Jeffersontown at 1.85". At 4:00am just as the heavy band was pushing through, Louisville Int'l airport had recorded 1.39" for the duration of this event. Highest in the state is coming out of Henderson county at 2.12".

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10:00am UPDATE

Very light rain falling once again after a lull in activity. Rainfall reports as of 10:00 am include...

Louisville international - 1.83"
Valley Station (home) - 1.84"
Floyd's fork - 2.48"
Jeffersontown - 2.35"

Statewide...

Boone county - 2.26"
Henderson county - 2.25"

Flood warnings for Ohio and Green rivers. Moderate flooding ongoing just downstream from Louisville along those waterways. McAlpine upper forecast to reach nearly 30 feet, borderline moderate stage.