Mar 1, 2019
Moderate to major river flooding subsided in March. The rainy weather pattern that dominated January and February became less active in March. The winter of 2018-19 ended up being the fourth wettest winter on record at Paducah, where records go back to 1937. February was the second wettest February on record at Paducah. Record rainfall in the Cumberland and Tennessee Valleys sent a large volume of water into Kentucky and Barkley Lakes. Both lakes crested around 367 feet, 8 feet above their summe
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 807195). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Trigg County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.