Jul 12, 2016
A slow-moving area of widespread showers and thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain during the morning. The storms occurred in a warm and very humid air mass in the vicinity of outflow boundaries from previous storms. Pockets of flash flooding were reported in northwest Kentucky.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 646761). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Webster County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.