Jul 6, 2016
Isolated flash flooding occurred during the evening of July 6. A slow-moving thunderstorm complex backed slowly southwestward across western Kentucky and southern Illinois. The complex of storms was associated with a small 500 mb shortwave that moved east across western Kentucky late at night. The storms were fed by a very moist southwest wind flow around 30 knots at 850 mb. Precipitable water values were around 2 inches.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 645376). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gallatin County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.