Given all this, NOAA's Weather Prediction Center issued its highest level of excessive rainfall threat, shown by the purple-shaded area in the map below from western Tennessee into Kentucky.

Nine people have died following dangerous flooding in the state, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has confirmed.

The NWS also issued tornado warnings for select parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi ... Where are flood watches and warnings in place? See map Flash flooding from the torrential ...