National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Here is an estimate of observed rainfall totals from Tuesday February 2nd. Heaviest amounts were confined to portions of western Kentucky and southwest Indiana. Portions of the Evansville area saw around 2 inches, with a daily record rainfall of 1.75 inches set at the airport. The southern Pennyrile region of west Kentucky got hit especially hard with over 3 inches around the Hopkinsville area. There was a sharp cutoff to the rainfall amounts with much of southern Illinois and southeast Missouri seeing less than a quarter of an inch.

The Evansville area saw intense rainfall rates fall over a short period of time Monday evening resulting in flash flooding developing across the city. Many roads became flooded and several cars were stuck in the high waters. Below are some of the flooding reports we received from the event:

 

0827 PM     FLOOD            EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
02/02/2016                   VANDERBURGH        IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT LEAST 4 CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS AT INTERSECTION OF
            COLUMBIA STREET AND FULTON AVENUE
0820 PM     HEAVY RAIN       EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
02/02/2016  M2.00 INCH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED ON EAST SIDE OF EVANSVILLE NEAR PLAZA MIDDLE
            SCHOOL
0754 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
02/02/2016                   VANDERBURGH        IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CAR TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON LLOYD EXPRESSWAY STUCK IN HIGH
            WATER NEAR THE EXIT RAMP FOR HWY 41 SOUTH
0657 PM     FLOOD            EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
02/02/2016                   VANDERBURGH        IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            VEHICLE STUCK IN HIGH WATER AT JOHN AND MAIN STREETS
0643 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
02/02/2016                   VANDERBURGH        IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE. SEWER HOLE COVERS BEING REMOVED BY
            WATER IN SOME AREAS. FOOT OF WATER REPORTED BY MEDIA AT
            COLUMBIA STREET AND FULTON AVENUE