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Flood — Woodford, KY

May 2, 2010

A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana. With little movement of the front, training of storms produced record or near-record 2-day rainfall totals from 8 to 10+ inches in many locations across central Kentucky. Major flooding occurred in at least 40 Kentucky counties, washing out roads and inundating municipal water treatment plants. Four lives were

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 237234). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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