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Flood — Washington, KY

Feb 15, 2025

A strong storm system moved across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on February 15th and 16th, 2025, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding, severe weather, and winter weather to central Kentucky. The large scale upper level pattern featured deep troughing ejecting across the central CONUS, with broad southwesterly flow occurring in the low and mid troposphere. Southerly flow helped to draw rich moisture up from the Gulf of America, with unseasonably high precipitable water for the middle of Februar

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1287292). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Washington, KY

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