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Flash Flood — Hart, KY

Sep 1, 2017

Powerful and slow moving Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane. After the storm stalled along the coast, producing extreme and unprecedented amounts of rainfall along the Texas and Louisiana coasts that resulted in catastrophic flooding in the Houston metro area. The system then lifted toward the Tennessee and lower Ohio River Valleys on Friday September 1. Heavy rain spread across central Kentucky with amounts ranging from 4 to 6 inches. There were

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 711489). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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