Aug 30, 2021
Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana at 11:55am CDT on August 29. From here it continued to slowly move inland and northward. By 15Z on August 30, it had reached SW Mississippi. A large amount of moisture was being pulled from the Gulf northward with this system, making its way to Kentucky. This was exasperated by a frontal boundary which stalled north of the Ohio River, keeping Kentucky in the warm and moist sector. Showers and thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern KY by mid-mo
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 981703). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pike County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.