Feb 17, 2019
After a couple day dry spell, rainfall amounts of up to 1-1.5 inches once again fell across portions of southeast Kentucky. This led to renewed flooding issues and additional mud/rock slides in Rockcastle, McCreary, Perry, and Harlan Counties.||This round of rainfall prompted the Perry County Judge-Executive to declare a local state of emergency for the county as damages from this and previous events totaled over $100,000.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 797841). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McCreary County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.