May 5, 2003
Along a warm frontal boundary, about a half inch of rain fell during the morning. Training thunderstorms developed during the evening, ahead of a cold front. Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell in about 3 hours from around Olive Hill on southeast toward Grayson Lake and Hitchins. Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell over southern Boyd County and northern Lawrence County. The 24 hour rain total measured at Grayson Lake at dawn on the 6th was 3.7 inches. The cooperative observer, 5 miles northeast of Olive
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5351430). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Boyd County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.