Jul 28, 2022
During the mid-to-late afternoon hours on July 27th, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed immediately ahead of a quasi-stationary surface frontal boundary located near the Ohio River. Across central Kentucky, temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s and dewpoints in the mid 70s provided copious amounts of instability, with convection having mixed-layer CAPE in excess of 3000 J/kg to work with. During the mid-afternoon period, showers and thunderstorms developed along the Western Kent
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1046304). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lincoln County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.