3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An area of low pressure moving across the Tennessee Valley brought an area of persistent light to moderate rain into southeastern Kentucky, beginning this morning and lasting into the overnight hours.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving across the Tennessee Valley brought an area of persistent light to moderate rain into southeastern Kentucky, beginning this morning and lasting into the overnight hours.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving across the Tennessee Valley brought an area of persistent light to moderate rain into southeastern Kentucky, beginning this morning and lasting into the overnight hours.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving across the Tennessee Valley brought an area of persistent light to moderate rain into southeastern Kentucky, beginning this morning and lasting into the overnight hours.
Read the full account →The combination of a moist and unseasonably warm air mass and an approaching low pressure system and cold front brought multiple rounds of severe weather to central Kentucky during the early morning hours on March 1. In the end, there were 4 tornadoes across central Kentucky.
Read the full account →The combination of a moist and unseasonably warm air mass and an approaching low pressure system and cold front brought multiple rounds of severe weather to central Kentucky during the early morning hours on March 1. In the end, there were 4 tornadoes across central Kentucky.
Read the full account →During the evening, a severe thunderstorm acquired supercell characteristics for an hour or so as it moved southeast across the Lake Barkley area of Trigg County. The storm intensified along a cold front as it pressed southeast across western Kentucky.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving across the Tennessee Valley brought an area of persistent light to moderate rain into southeastern Kentucky, beginning this morning and lasting into the overnight hours.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall along the Gulf Coast and quickly lifted northeast toward the lower Ohio Valley June 22-23. The remnants interacted with a cold front from the Upper Midwest to produced widespread heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall along the Gulf Coast and quickly lifted northeast toward the lower Ohio Valley June 22-23. The remnants interacted with a cold front from the Upper Midwest to produced widespread heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall along the Gulf Coast and quickly lifted northeast toward the lower Ohio Valley June 22-23. The remnants interacted with a cold front from the Upper Midwest to produced widespread heavy rainfall.
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 →An intense line of thunderstorms developed late this afternoon across south-central Kentucky as daytime heating and increasing instability combined with a passing upper level disturbance.
Read the full account →Numerous rain events led to renewed flooding of the Ohio River in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred along large parts of the Kentucky side of the river. Monthly rainfall was 2 to 4 inches above normal for most of the area.
Read the full account →Numerous rain events led to renewed flooding of the Ohio River in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred along large parts of the Kentucky side of the river. Monthly rainfall was 2 to 4 inches above normal for most of the area.
Read the full account →Numerous rain events led to renewed flooding of the Ohio River in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred along large parts of the Kentucky side of the river. Monthly rainfall was 2 to 4 inches above normal for most of the area.
Read the full account →A surface cold front moved southeast across the lower Ohio Valley, preceded by strengthening moisture transport at 850 mb. The parent 500 mb trough moved into the central and southern Plains. This system brought heavy rainfall to parts of western Kentucky.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Early on September 2nd, a couple of cold fronts with embedded lows headed south towards central Kentucky. The first of these front passed through Kentucky on the 2nd.
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