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Flood — Bourbon, KY

Feb 20, 2019

On February 19, 2019, a broad upper trough dipped south to the Gulf of Mexico and carried abundant amounts of moisture towards the Ohio Valley. Once the moisture was transport was underway, isentropic lift caused 1.5 to 3 of rainfall along the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. The higher amounts went as far north as south central Indiana.||On the 20th, an upper trough axis and cold front pushed through southern Indiana and central Kentucky. The heaviest rain fell during the morning and into th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 800112). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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