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Flash Flood — Floyd, KY

May 16, 2025

Eastern Kentucky experienced multiple rounds of severe weather from May 16th into the early morning hours of May 17th.||The initial round of severe weather, occurring during the morning and early afternoon, produced swaths of large to significant hail (approaching baseball size), localized damaging winds, and heavy rainfall. Notably, intense thunderstorm wind gusts impacted downtown London, tearing a roof off the Wedding Shoppe and a portion of the Copper Penny, which subsequently landed on vehi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1291959). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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