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Ellis Park Postpones July 2 Card Due to Heat
Ellis Park has postponed its July 2 card and will move it in its entirety to July 6 due to extreme heat forecasted for the Henderson, Ky. area. The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for the area with heat index values of up to 109 degrees.
The Courier & Press
Those weekend downpours led to historic rain totals in Evansville area
The rain that fell over four days in the Evansville area last weekend was enough to cause extensive flooding, swamping roads and neighborhoods. It was also historic, according to the National Weather Service. Sean Poulos, a meteorlogost with the agency's Paducah, Kentucky, office, dug into the numbers after the rains finally ended Sunday. In all, 7.81 inches of rain fell from Thursday through Sunday, It was only the fourth time on record that Evansville has received that much rain in a four-day span, and the first time it's happened since 1996. Here are the other three instances: Oct. 3-6, 1910: 10.88 inches May 5-8, 1961: 10.28 inches April 28-May 1, 1996: 8 inches We asked Poulos to add some context to what happened, both in Evansville and in the area near Stendal, Indiana, where 10.85 inches fell over four days. Here's what he said about the Evansville rain: "This all fell within a 72 hour period though, so looking at the return frequency on that amount of rain it would be between a 25- and 50-year event." And for the area near Stendal in Pike County? "That amount of rain in a 72-hour period has a return frequency of 200
Yahoo!
Legends cancel Newburgh concert due to severe storms
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — A local band has cancelled a concert due to inclement weather. Evansville band Legends have canceled their concert at the Allen Family Amphitheater in Newburgh due to the weather. No information has been provided if their performance will be rescheduled. Eyewitness News is continuing coverage...
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WEHT/WTVW
Newburgh vendor mall roof caves in twice in one week
NEWBURGH, Ind. (WEHT) — A vendor mall in Newburgh has been damaged again following severe weather. According to Flea Market Frenzy Vendor Mall, part of the building’s roof collapsed due to rain on Friday night. Due to the damage, the store will be closed. This is the second time the building has been damaged due […]
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ROMP Festival ends early; heavy rain, thunderstorms force cancelation of final day
Michele Lohman, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Owensboro’s ROMP Bluegrass Festival was canceled due to concerns about significant, sustained rainfall creating hazardous camping conditions and making exiting the festival grounds difficult. Owensboro's ROMP Bluegrass Festival announced around noon Saturday that the remainder of the festival was canceled because of concerns about...
k105.com
Floodwaters close one lane of Anneta Rd., nearly 400 customers lose power
Floodwaters have closed one lane of Anneta Road. The busy thorough is down to one lane at Bear Creek Bridge, right at the 4000 block mark, due to high water. The second lane should be open by 9:30 a.m., according to Leitchfield police. The closure resulted in the Anneta Fire...
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ROMP Festival cancelled after torrential rainfall in Owensboro
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Mother Nature has put a damper on a fan-favorite local music festival. ROMP Festival organizers have cancelled the remainder of the event due to significant rainfall that came through. Organizers say the flooding could create increasingly hazardous camping conditions, which would also make leaving the festival...
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Brandenburg flooding leaves new homeowners devastated
BRANDENBURG, Ky. (WAVE) - Flooding from weekend storms left parts of a Brandenburg neighborhood submerged, forcing some newly moved-in residents to gut their homes and evacuate with little time to spare. Nathan Parson and Presley Carnley purchased a home on Hunter Lane about three weeks ago. It was their first...
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Photos of community center outside Caneyville swept away over a half mile by floodwaters
A community center building outside Caneyville has been washed away by floodwaters. The Curtis Wells Community Center, at 5225 Rabbit Flat Road, was washed away by floodwaters early Saturday afternoon. The building, named after a former Grayson County magistrate, was swept away more than a half mile to Wilson Church...