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Flood — Marion, KY

Mar 4, 2015

An intense storm system brought flooding rains to central Kentucky, followed quickly by exceptionally heavy snow. This amount of rain, followed by such heavy snow, is practically unprecedented. The upper level pattern featured a positively tilted upper trough across the desert southwest on the 3nd of March. A tight baroclinic zone stretched northeastward through southern Indiana. Strong southwesterly flow at lower levels brought rich moisture along this nearly stationary boundary. Initially, d

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 554134). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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