Feb 23, 2019
A low pressure system strengthened as it moved northeast into the Great Lakes region. A large area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a warm front moved across the region during the afternoon of the 23rd, producing heavy rain and some flash flooding. The hardest-hit areas were in the Kentucky counties bordering Tennessee, including the city of Murray. From two to four inches of rain fell in the southern border counties of western Kentucky, mostly within a four-hour period. Behind a tra
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 802943). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hickman County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.