Sep 27, 2018
A multiple day period of rainfall led to flooding and flash flooding across portions of southeast and far eastern Kentucky on this day. A cold front, which pushed into eastern Kentucky on September 26, stalled across southeast Kentucky and oozed back toward the northwest today. This brought another widespread round of 1-2 inches of rain across eastern Kentucky, with amounts exceeding 2.5 inches in Floyd and Harlan Counties. Along with numerous creeks and streams overspilling their banks and impa
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 777539). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Harlan County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.