Jan 25, 2021
Locally heavy rain resulted in some isolated flash flooding in the Purchase area of west Kentucky. As a 500 mb trough ejected into the central U.S, a prefrontal surface trough acted to quickly spread a swath of heavy rain into the region by daybreak. A surface warm front approached the region from the south, adding to rainfall totals during the day. Within a large area of steady rain, isolated elevated thunderstorms occurred north of the warm front. Storm total rainfall was mostly in the 2 to 4
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 935965). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Todd County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.