Flash Flooding Hits Area

Heavy rain in Paducah and McCracken County led to widespread flooding and multiple water rescues Tuesday.

McCracken County Emergency Management Director Jerome Mansfield said "torrential" rain lasted for a couple of hours Tuesday morning. He said an apartment complex and a motel were evacuated, several streets had high water and crews had to rescue multiple people from vehicles that got caught in high water.

The National Weather Service said radar showed that 3 to 5 inches of rain fell Tuesday morning in areas of McCracken, Ballard, Marshall and Livingston counties. Paducah police participated in multiple water rescues.

According to the National Weather Service, 5.44 inches of rain was recorded within a 90-minute span Tuesday morning at the rain gauge along the Ohio River in Downtown Paducah.