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Flash Flood — Lawrence, KY

Jun 4, 2014

By dawn on the 4th, a cold front sagged south to near the Interstate 64 corridor in northeast Kentucky. A strong low pressure for early June moved east through the Midwest, along the frontal boundary, during the day on the 4th. Dew points were in the upper 60s and lower 70s near and south of the front. The disturbance passed to the east by early on the 5th. ||Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms passed northeast Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours on the 4th.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 510354). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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