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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.

Flash Flood

Graves, KY · Jul 22, 2019

Numerous clusters of thunderstorms accompanied a cold front as it moved south across western Kentucky during the afternoon. The front was associated with an upper level shortwave trough moving across Illinois and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

Hopkins, KY · Jul 22, 2019

Numerous clusters of thunderstorms accompanied a cold front as it moved south across western Kentucky during the afternoon. The front was associated with an upper level shortwave trough moving across Illinois and Missouri.

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Flood

McCracken, KY · Jul 22, 2019

Numerous clusters of thunderstorms accompanied a cold front as it moved south across western Kentucky during the afternoon. The front was associated with an upper level shortwave trough moving across Illinois and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · Jul 20, 2018

Rounds of severe storms hammered southern Indiana and central Kentucky on Friday, July 20, 2018, bringing very large hail, wind damage, heavy rain, and 4 confirmed tornadoes.

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Flood

Jefferson, KY · Jul 20, 2018

Rounds of severe storms hammered southern Indiana and central Kentucky on Friday, July 20, 2018, bringing very large hail, wind damage, heavy rain, and 4 confirmed tornadoes.

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Flood

Daviess, KY · Mar 29, 2018

A slow-moving cold front drifted slowly southeast across western Kentucky on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.

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Flood

Muhlenberg, KY · Mar 29, 2018

A slow-moving cold front drifted slowly southeast across western Kentucky on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.

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Flash Flood

Monroe, KY · Aug 13, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Hancock, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Hancock, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Hancock, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Hancock, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Hardin, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · Aug 14, 2020

During this period, a stationary front extended near the Ohio River. This served as a focus for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, but the main event was heavy rainfall that broke out during the early morning of August 14th.

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Flood

Christian, KY · Oct 8, 2017

A cold front swept east-southeast across the region as Hurricane Nate was coming ashore near Mobile, Alabama. Showers and storms developed along and in advance of the front.

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Flood

Calloway, KY · Oct 8, 2017

A cold front swept east-southeast across the region as Hurricane Nate was coming ashore near Mobile, Alabama. Showers and storms developed along and in advance of the front.

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Flash Flood

Russell, KY · May 22, 2018

Low pressure advanced from southern Michigan to the east with a co-located cold front that pushed through the Ohio Valley during the evening hours on May 22, 2018.

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Flash Flood

Wolfe, KY · May 10, 2016

Numerous severe thunderstorms struck eastern Kentucky during the late evening and overnight hours of May 10th and 11th 2016. The primary mode of damage was wind damage, mostly in the form of downed trees and large limbs.

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Flash Flood

Carlisle, KY · Mar 9, 2016

A multi-day heavy rain event occurred from the 8th to the 15th. The heaviest rounds of showers and storms occurred on the 8th, 9th, and 10th. Parts of western Kentucky received 4 to 6 inches of rain.

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Flash Flood

Fulton, KY · Mar 9, 2016

A multi-day heavy rain event occurred from the 8th to the 15th. The heaviest rounds of showers and storms occurred on the 8th, 9th, and 10th. Parts of western Kentucky received 4 to 6 inches of rain.

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Flash Flood

Graves, KY · Mar 9, 2016

A multi-day heavy rain event occurred from the 8th to the 15th. The heaviest rounds of showers and storms occurred on the 8th, 9th, and 10th. Parts of western Kentucky received 4 to 6 inches of rain.

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Flash Flood

Henderson, KY · Apr 27, 2016

Large clusters of thunderstorms developed northeastward across western Kentucky as the lower atmosphere warmed and moistened during the afternoon hours. A tongue of low-level moisture extended from northern Mississippi northward across far western Kentucky.

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Flash Flood

Daviess, KY · Apr 27, 2016

Large clusters of thunderstorms developed northeastward across western Kentucky as the lower atmosphere warmed and moistened during the afternoon hours. A tongue of low-level moisture extended from northern Mississippi northward across far western Kentucky.

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