Mar 4, 2015
Another major late winter storm affected the state of Kentucky from late in the day on Tuesday March 3rd through the morning of Thursday March 5th, 2015. ||The storm began as rain overspread east Kentucky from late Tuesday March 3rd into the day of Wednesday March 4th, falling heavily at times. The rain, coupled with a melting high elevation snow pack containing considerable water content, caused extensive runoff and produced widespread flooding of small creeks and streams and poor draining ar
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 566255). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Laurel County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.