Dec 25, 2015
A mesoscale convection system rode east and northeast into eastern Kentucky during Christmas morning. Support for the rain was aided by a stalled out front in southern West Virginia, just south of Charleston, on into southeast Kentucky. Dew points were near 60 degrees south of the front. ||The heaviest rain fell in a narrow corridor affecting portions of Carter, Boyd, and Lawrence Counties. Rain amounts of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in 4 hours from 1000E to 1400E on the 25th. A gauge near Princes
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 607258). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lawrence County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.