3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system and accompanying frontal boundary set forth multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms from April 2nd to the 3rd.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure was drifting across the Quad State on the 14th. Showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon to evening with Western Kentucky seeing storms drift slowly, pivoting eastward to northeastward. CAPE values around 1000 J/kg dropped off after sunset.
Read the full account →Areas south of a stationary front within the lower Ohio Valley warmed into the mid 80's to the mid 90's. The air mass was very moist, with dew points in the lower to mid 70's. Instability was quite strong, with mixed-layer capes around 3000.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed very late this afternoon and early evening as a hot and humid airmass remained in place across eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A cold front laid along the lower Ohio Valley on the afternoon of August 10th and resulted in diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms. The combination of slow moving and repetitive storms making their way through eastern Kentucky, an area that had been slammed with rain the…
Read the full account →A warm front was in place across the state during the morning hours on May 6th, setting the stage for increased moisture and warm air into the region. By the afternoon, a nearby low pressure system began to occlude, furthering the lift and instability across the state.
Read the full account →A warm front was in place across the state during the morning hours on May 6th, setting the stage for increased moisture and warm air into the region. By the afternoon, a nearby low pressure system began to occlude, furthering the lift and instability across the state.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Harvey brought heavy rainfall and flooding to parts of the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky. The hurricane made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas on August 28th.
Read the full account →Deep moisture anchored across east Kentucky, combined with a stalled frontal boundary, then a cold front, led to several rounds of heavy rain from the evening of September 12th through the early afternoon hours on September 13th.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system drifted across the Ohio Valley on May 18 and 19, bringing several rounds of heavy rain to the eastern reaches of the Commonwealth.
Read the full account →Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms trained across Manchester early on the 17th, leading to flooding in and around the city as 2 to 3 inches of rain fell.||Heavy rain of nearly 3 inches led to a mudslide in Stanton.
Read the full account →Periods of rain worked back into eastern Kentucky early on February 20 as a warm frontal boundary lifted north across the Commonwealth. A cold front brought additional rainfall through the afternoon and evening, before drier conditions worked into eastern Kentucky during the…
Read the full account →Periods of rain worked back into eastern Kentucky early on February 20 as a warm frontal boundary lifted north across the Commonwealth. A cold front brought additional rainfall through the afternoon and evening, before drier conditions worked into eastern Kentucky during the…
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance parked over the Ohio Valley was the main contributor to slow moving showers and thunderstorms on the 9th and extended for the next several days.
Read the full account →With a stationary boundary parked just north of the state, and deep S to SW flow, much of the state was seeing ample amounts of warm air and moisture being advected in. Afternoon storms developed each day, each capable of producing torrential rainfall.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system was present over the Great Lakes region to start the day on July 29th. From this extended a cold front to the southwest.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
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