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Flash Flood — Pike, KY

May 24, 2017

An area of showers and thunderstorms moved across eastern Kentucky this morning, intensifying across far eastern Kentucky. This produced wind damage and flash flooding in Pike County along with isolated flash flooding in Martin County. A few homes and businesses had water infiltrate them, while a few bridges were washed out. Additional storms moved into the Lake Cumberland region during the mid to late afternoon, producing large hail and damaging winds across Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties. A f

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 688609). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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