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Kentucky Flood Stories

3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Oldham, KY · Feb 25, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Hardin, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jackson, KY · May 31, 2018

Two mesoscale convective systems moved through eastern Kentucky during the day. The first tracked through during the early to mid afternoon hours, while the second followed in its wake from mid afternoon through the evening.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Bullitt, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Jefferson, KY · May 5, 2018

An upper level wave swung through the Tennessee Valley causing widespread rainfall, with a deformation band of heavy rain near the Ohio River in central Kentucky. This caused areas of flash flooding in Jefferson County, KY and severe weather in Clinton County, KY.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · May 5, 2018

An upper level wave swung through the Tennessee Valley causing widespread rainfall, with a deformation band of heavy rain near the Ohio River in central Kentucky. This caused areas of flash flooding in Jefferson County, KY and severe weather in Clinton County, KY.

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Jefferson, KY · Feb 24, 2018

A stalled frontal boundary interacting with highly anomalous moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with multiple weather systems that brought widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to central Kentucky February 24 through the early morning hours February 25.

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Whitley, KY · May 31, 2018

Two mesoscale convective systems moved through eastern Kentucky during the day. The first tracked through during the early to mid afternoon hours, while the second followed in its wake from mid afternoon through the evening.

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Jefferson, KY · Sep 8, 2018

On September 5, 2018, the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon moved north from the Gulf of Mexico. It carried copious amounts of moisture as it continued to rotate while slowly moving north.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · Sep 8, 2018

On September 5, 2018, the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon moved north from the Gulf of Mexico. It carried copious amounts of moisture as it continued to rotate while slowly moving north.

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Clark, KY · Sep 9, 2018

On September 5, 2018, the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon moved north from the Gulf of Mexico. It carried copious amounts of moisture as it continued to rotate while slowly moving north.

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Jessamine, KY · Sep 9, 2018

On September 5, 2018, the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon moved north from the Gulf of Mexico. It carried copious amounts of moisture as it continued to rotate while slowly moving north.

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Jessamine, KY · Sep 9, 2018

On September 5, 2018, the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon moved north from the Gulf of Mexico. It carried copious amounts of moisture as it continued to rotate while slowly moving north.

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Harrison, KY · Sep 23, 2018

On the afternoon of September 22nd, a flash flood watch was issued to cover southeast Indiana and areas in and around the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.||By September 23rd, a cold front stretched west to east from western Tennessee to far |east-central Kentucky on through eastern…

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Harrison, KY · Sep 23, 2018

On the afternoon of September 22nd, a flash flood watch was issued to cover southeast Indiana and areas in and around the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.||By September 23rd, a cold front stretched west to east from western Tennessee to far |east-central Kentucky on through eastern…

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Scott, KY · Sep 23, 2018

On the afternoon of September 22nd, a flash flood watch was issued to cover southeast Indiana and areas in and around the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.||By September 23rd, a cold front stretched west to east from western Tennessee to far |east-central Kentucky on through eastern…

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Flash Flood

Scott, KY · Sep 23, 2018

On the afternoon of September 22nd, a flash flood watch was issued to cover southeast Indiana and areas in and around the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.||By September 23rd, a cold front stretched west to east from western Tennessee to far |east-central Kentucky on through eastern…

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Flash Flood

Scott, KY · Sep 23, 2018

On the afternoon of September 22nd, a flash flood watch was issued to cover southeast Indiana and areas in and around the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.||By September 23rd, a cold front stretched west to east from western Tennessee to far |east-central Kentucky on through eastern…

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