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Heavy rain forecast all week

By Bill Moss, Published: July 30, 2018

Heavy rain moved into northern Henderson County Monday night as forecasters warned of more to come over the next four days.

The area could get up to 4 inches of rain through Friday and there's at least a 60 percent chance of rain through Saturday. Here's the forecast:

• Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
• Tuesday night: Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 5am, then showers after 5am. Low around 66. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
• Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms after 11am. High near 76. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Wednesday night: Showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 2am, then showers after 2am. Low around 64. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Thursday: Showers before 9am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms after noon. High near 74. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Thursday night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Friday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Friday night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79.
• Saturday night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
• Sunday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.