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Flash Flood — Carter, KY

Mar 18, 2013

A prefrontal band of fast moving showers and thunderstorms trained over northeast Kentucky from 0630E through 1300E. The maximum observed rainfall was on the order of 1.25 inches in 3 hours, with 1.25 to 2.0 inches falling in 6 hours. The maximum amount measured was 2.01 inches from Carter Caves in about 6 hours. ||With the ground wet from previous rains and snow melt, plus the lack of spring vegetation, many streams overflowed, causing minor flooding. Water blocked and closed roads. Water

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 429608). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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