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Originally Posted by RHR
The Ohio river level cresting at 60ft on Monday, holding for over 24hrs, and staying above 55ft through friday will have more do due with being able to race than any past or future local surface precip at Lawrenceburg. The infield is roughly 42' river level, and the pumps can only do so much.
Levels are nearing (67ft) the 1997 flood, and will hold for a longer time it appears.
With any luck, the powers that be will find some room downstream for some water volume- for both recreation and livelihoods.
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We are in Western KY and live near Paducah, KY, and I can tell you that there is “ no room at the inn” down this way for more water. We have broken many all time records for rainfall in the last 5 days. Personally, we have had over 15” of rain since Wednesday noon at our house. There is flooding on the Mississippi from N of its confluence with the Ohio to S. of Hattiesburg MS. Paducah began putting in the flood gates last night and CoE is saying the river could be in moderate to severe flood stage for several weeks.