Apr 3, 2015
Clusters of showers and thunderstorms began affecting central and eastern Kentucky during the pre-dawn hours of Friday April 3rd. The initial complex of thunderstorms targeted areas from Louisville across the Bluegrass Region in parts of east-central Kentucky, including the Natural Bridge State Park area. While these storms were not severe, they did produce gusty winds which downed a dead tree onto a camping site in the Middle Fork Campground killing a female camper and severely injuring anoth
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 566660). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Powell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.