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Flood — Wayne, KY

Feb 23, 2019

Periods of rain worked back into eastern Kentucky early on February 20 as a warm frontal boundary lifted north across the Commonwealth. A cold front brought additional rainfall through the afternoon and evening, before drier conditions worked into eastern Kentucky during the morning of February 21. ||Rain quickly spread back north that evening into the 22nd with southeastern Kentucky continuing to see prolonged light rain into the afternoon of the 23rd. A cold front brought additional rain to mu

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 800219). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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