Jun 15, 2009
A very large and fast moving cluster of thunderstorms brought widespread severe weather and areal flooding to eastern Kentucky on the afternoon and evening of June 16th. The bulk of the severe weather occurred south of the mountain parkway as a cluster of thunderstorms raced eastward between the Tennessee border and the Hal Rogers Parkway and Highway 80 corridor.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 181247). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pike County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.