The Lake Cumberland area has experienced a significant amount of rainfall over the last five days.
The local mesonet station located in the Eli community is reporting almost six inches of rain in Russell County since last Thursday. The station reported about 3.75 inches last Thursday alone.
Neighboring counties saw varying rainfall totals. Casey County saw the most in the area with a little under 9.5 inches reported at the Casey County station.
Adair County reported just under 8 inches. Pulaski County reported just over 5.5 inches. Cumberland County reported about 5.3 inches. Just a little under 5 inches was reported in Clinton County and about 4.7 inches of rain was reported in Wayne County.
These are totals recorded at single locations in each of these counties.
