3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered near the Ohio River through the day. The boundary provided a lifting mechanism for a moist and unstable air mass over eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →The Ohio River crested above flood stage, as a result of heavy rain across the upper Ohio Valley. The crest at Ashland was 55.45 feet during the evening of the 9th. Flood stage is 52 feet. That's the highest stage since the flood of March 1997 reached 60.8 feet.
Read the full account →A narrow band of very heavy rainfall amounts, up to 6 inches in five hours, occurred from near Fulton to Paducah. In Carlisle County, a state of emergency was declared as swollen creeks flooded county roads.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky was sitting under an upper ridge in an area of high pressure. The air mass over Kentucky was moisture rich but contained little shear.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky was sitting under an upper ridge in an area of high pressure. The air mass over Kentucky was moisture rich but contained little shear.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary cold front draped across northern TN, isentropic lift over the boundary, and a moist and unstable air mass were the culprits for severe weather on May 15th across portions of eastern KY.
Read the full account →Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley were allowed to rise four feet above pool stage. Releases from the dams were curtailed in order to relieve flooding on the lower Ohio River. The unusually high lake stages inundated several shoreline facilities, such as boat ramp and parking areas.
Read the full account →A weak frontal boundary slid south to around the Ohio River Valley by mid-day. As diabatic heating increased and CAPE values reached into the 1500-2000 J/KG range, scattered showers and storms fired through the afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →A weak frontal boundary slid south to around the Ohio River Valley by mid-day. As diabatic heating increased and CAPE values reached into the 1500-2000 J/KG range, scattered showers and storms fired through the afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →After a couple day dry spell, rainfall amounts of up to 1-1.5 inches once again fell across portions of southeast Kentucky. This led to renewed flooding issues and additional mud/rock slides in Rockcastle, McCreary, Perry, and Harlan Counties.||This round of rainfall prompted…
Read the full account →After a couple day dry spell, rainfall amounts of up to 1-1.5 inches once again fell across portions of southeast Kentucky. This led to renewed flooding issues and additional mud/rock slides in Rockcastle, McCreary, Perry, and Harlan Counties.||This round of rainfall prompted…
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon from western Kentucky into southwest Indiana in advance of a lead 500 mb shortwave trough ejecting northeast from the Lower Mississippi Valley. A surface front was located near the Ohio River.
Read the full account →Another round of afternoon and evening thunderstorms occurred. Strong solar heating ahead of an upper level disturbance over Missouri kicked off scattered to numerous thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed this afternoon, extending into the evening ahead of an upper level disturbance. While storms were progressive in nature, continued development and repeated rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall over certain locations led to instances…
Read the full account →A narrow band of very heavy rainfall, up to 6 inches in 5 hours, occurred from near Fulton to Paducah. Although the heaviest amounts were north and west of Graves County, street flooding was widespread in Mayfield, where about 4 inches of water covered many streets.
Read the full account →A brief thunderstorm caused local flooding of roads and a few buildings. Rainwater backed up into a junior high school, flooding six classrooms. Students were evacuated from the area around 2:30 P.M. CDT.
Read the full account →A potent low pressure system moved through the Midwest Monday, November 5, 2018. Showers and thunderstorms formed out ahead of the cold front trailing from the center of the system.
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