How does 10 inches of rainfall cause extreme flooding like what we are seeing in Kentucky?
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This is an *extremely* hilly area with steep slopes and very narrow valleys where the towns are located. A short time after the rain starts to fall the ground is saturated, and from there all the rain flows immediately downhill into streams and rivers. Rain falling on an area measuring tens of square miles converges all at once on a streambed valley only 100 feet or so wide, resulting in a fast-moving flash flood several feet deep.
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