Feb 10, 2018
A prolonged period of light to moderate rain led to flooding across portions of eastern Kentucky, particularly southeastern Kentucky, beginning during the overnight hours of Friday, February 9 into Saturday, February 10, 2018. This occurred along and ahead of a slow moving frontal boundary as generally between 1.5 and 4.5 inches of rain fell across eastern Kentucky. The hardest hit area was Harlan County, where flooding occurred across much of the county as up to 5.5 inches of rain fell. A state
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 733314). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.