Aug 5, 2012
An early morning thunderstorm on August 5th brought heavy rain that briefly closed State Highway 70 in Barren County. Later that afternoon, slow moving thunderstorms developed in a moisture rich air mass ahead of a cold front that was moving south across southern Indiana. Despite the scattered nature of this convection, several nearly stationary storms produced excessive rainfall across central Kentucky south of Louisville.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 388749). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hardin County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.