3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Showers and thunderstorms intensified in coverage and intensity during the evening of July 17th, continuing into the early morning hours of July 18th. A couple of rounds of heavy rainfall occurred.
Read the full account →On the morning of July 22nd, a cold front was positioned along the Ohio River. This provided widespread heavy rainfall in front of and behind the front.
Read the full account →On the morning of July 22nd, a cold front was positioned along the Ohio River. This provided widespread heavy rainfall in front of and behind the front.
Read the full account →On the morning of July 22nd, a cold front was positioned along the Ohio River. This provided widespread heavy rainfall in front of and behind the front.
Read the full account →Minor flooding continued from late January into the first week of February on parts of the Ohio River. The flooding was minor, consisting mostly of flooded bottomland fields, woodlands, and public park and recreation areas.
Read the full account →Minor flooding continued from late January into the first week of February on parts of the Ohio River. The flooding was minor, consisting mostly of flooded bottomland fields, woodlands, and public park and recreation areas.
Read the full account →On September 13th, a large cold front covering the eastern United Stated slide southeast through the Lower Ohio Valley. This caused widespread rainfall. Areas in Casey County received over 4 inches of rainfall, causing many parts of Liberty and surrounding areas to flood.
Read the full account →On September 13th, a large cold front covering the eastern United Stated slide southeast through the Lower Ohio Valley. This caused widespread rainfall. Areas in Casey County received over 4 inches of rainfall, causing many parts of Liberty and surrounding areas to flood.
Read the full account →On September 13th, a large cold front covering the eastern United Stated slide southeast through the Lower Ohio Valley. This caused widespread rainfall. Areas in Casey County received over 4 inches of rainfall, causing many parts of Liberty and surrounding areas to flood.
Read the full account →After a brief break in the rain on February 9, light rain began to once again impact eastern Kentucky on February 10. This continued through the 12th, causing additional mudslides across portions of Perry, Floyd, and Magoffin Counties.
Read the full account →On September 13th, a large cold front covering the eastern United Stated slide southeast through the Lower Ohio Valley. This caused widespread rainfall. Areas in Casey County received over 4 inches of rainfall, causing many parts of Liberty and surrounding areas to flood.
Read the full account →On September 13th, a large cold front covering the eastern United Stated slide southeast through the Lower Ohio Valley. This caused widespread rainfall. Areas in Casey County received over 4 inches of rainfall, causing many parts of Liberty and surrounding areas to flood.
Read the full account →On September 13th, a large cold front covering the eastern United Stated slide southeast through the Lower Ohio Valley. This caused widespread rainfall. Areas in Casey County received over 4 inches of rainfall, causing many parts of Liberty and surrounding areas to flood.
Read the full account →The Green River remained above flood stage as a result of heavy rainfall on the 25th of January. Some low-lying areas in the flood plain were inundated, mostly fields and undeveloped woodland.
Read the full account →A persistent band of thunderstorms caused a swath of heavy rainfall amounts from near Fulton, Kentucky to Livingston County. Although amounts were higher from Paducah southwest, Livingston County still experienced some road flooding.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorm winds developed from Lake Cumberland into the Bluegrass region, as well as farther east to near Salyersville this afternoon and early evening. Damage included several downed trees, one of these falling onto a house near Somerset.
Read the full account →Melting from an ice storm on January 27th combined with rain on the 28th created minor river flooding along the Barren and Green Rivers in South Central Kentucky. Minor flooding was also reported on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County in the Bluegrass Region of North Central Kentucky.
Read the full account →Melting from an ice storm on January 27th combined with rain on the 28th created minor river flooding along the Barren and Green Rivers in South Central Kentucky. Minor flooding was also reported on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County in the Bluegrass Region of North Central Kentucky.
Read the full account →Melting from an ice storm on January 27th combined with rain on the 28th created minor river flooding along the Barren and Green Rivers in South Central Kentucky. Minor flooding was also reported on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County in the Bluegrass Region of North Central Kentucky.
Read the full account →An area of disorganized thunderstorms over southwest Indiana evolved into a line of strong to severe storms as it moved southeast across the Ohio Valley. The storms evolved along the leading edge of outflow winds from an overnight thunderstorm complex.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall occurred during the peak heating hours late in the afternoon. The storms formed in a very moist but weak southwest wind flow at the surface and aloft. A weak 500 mb shortwave over the lower Ohio Valley contributed to the generation of the storms.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed this afternoon as an upper level trough moved across eastern Kentucky. Repeated rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rain led to isolated flash flooding in southeastern Montgomery County, while a portion of Pike County experienced…
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed this afternoon as an upper level trough moved across eastern Kentucky. Repeated rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rain led to isolated flash flooding in southeastern Montgomery County, while a portion of Pike County experienced…
Read the full account →In the wake of an early morning thunderstorm complex, a line of storms formed as a result of daytime heating in the clearing area behind the first complex.
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