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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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Bell, KY · Apr 23, 2017

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.

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Harlan, KY · Apr 23, 2017

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.

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Letcher, KY · Apr 23, 2017

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.

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Leslie, KY · Apr 23, 2017

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.

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Nicholas, KY · Mar 1, 2017

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.

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Franklin, KY · Mar 1, 2017

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.

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Graves, KY · Feb 7, 2017

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.

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Harlan, KY · Apr 23, 2017

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.

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Bourbon, KY · Jun 25, 2017

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.

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Franklin, KY · Jun 24, 2017

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.

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Nicholas, KY · Jun 24, 2017

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.

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Muhlenberg, KY · Sep 3, 2017

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.

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Rockcastle, KY · Jul 6, 2017

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.

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Union, KY · Mar 21, 2020

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.

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Livingston, KY · Mar 23, 2020

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.

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Ballard, KY · Mar 20, 2020

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.

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McCracken, KY · Feb 4, 2020

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.

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Hancock, KY · Sep 3, 2020

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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Jefferson, KY · Sep 3, 2020

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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Taylor, KY · Sep 2, 2020

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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Jefferson, KY · Sep 3, 2020

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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Jefferson, KY · Sep 3, 2020

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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Henry, KY · Sep 3, 2020

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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Hancock, KY · Sep 3, 2020

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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