Mar 4, 2015
Widespread heavy rain fell over ground that was saturated from a combination of snowmelt and a heavy rainstorm in late February. The heavy rain was caused by a slow-moving cold front that crossed the Lower Ohio Valley during the evening of the 3rd. Ahead of a large 500 mb trough over the Rockies, very moist southwest flow aloft sustained an extensive area of moderate to heavy rain.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 562145). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McCracken County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.