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Flood — Estill, KY

Dec 30, 2019

A strong cold front approached eastern Kentucky on December 29th, bringing widespread rainfall, particularly from the Bluegrass to Lake Cumberland regions. Despite rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches here, only isolated flooding issues were reported, in large part due to dry and thawed soils for more than a week prior to this rainfall. ||Isolated wind damage was also observed. One thunderstorm cluster produced structural damage near Flatgap in Johnson County. Additionally, along and behind the col

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 862667). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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