Sep 15, 2021
Ahead of a southeast moving cold front, a west to east oriented band of heavy precipitation formed across central Kentucky along a boundary remaining from precipitation from the previous night. As rain continued along this boundary, areas of flash flooding occurred in Nelson County.||Later in the day, a report of flooding was received from Simpson County as the cold front worked its way through south central Kentucky.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 985761). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nelson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.