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 showers, producing brief heavy rain, occurred early on June 10th. This on top of previous heavy rain over the past several days led to isolated flash flooding near Herd.
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 →A southerly wind flow of very moist and unstable air fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex. Surface dew points were in the lower 70's south of the complex. Instability was quite high to the south of the storm complex.
Read the full account →A southerly wind flow of very moist and unstable air fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex. Surface dew points were in the lower 70's south of the complex. Instability was quite high to the south of the storm complex.
Read the full account →A southerly wind flow of very moist and unstable air fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex. Surface dew points were in the lower 70's south of the complex. Instability was quite high to the south of the storm complex.
Read the full account →During the evening, clusters of storms developed along and just north of a surface warm front that extended from the Missouri bootheel northeastward along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches.
Read the full account →A broad area of low pressure lifted north into Tennessee. Wind shifts and boundaries north of the low helped to initiate some showers and storms across the region. Precipitable water was high and storm motions relatively slow (10-15 knots).
Read the full account →A broad area of low pressure lifted north into Tennessee. Wind shifts and boundaries north of the low helped to initiate some showers and storms across the region. Precipitable water was high and storm motions relatively slow (10-15 knots).
Read the full account →A broad area of low pressure lifted north into Tennessee. Wind shifts and boundaries north of the low helped to initiate some showers and storms across the region. Precipitable water was high and storm motions relatively slow (10-15 knots).
Read the full account →A broad area of low pressure lifted north into Tennessee. Wind shifts and boundaries north of the low helped to initiate some showers and storms across the region. Precipitable water was high and storm motions relatively slow (10-15 knots).
Read the full account →A broad area of low pressure lifted north into Tennessee. Wind shifts and boundaries north of the low helped to initiate some showers and storms across the region. Precipitable water was high and storm motions relatively slow (10-15 knots).
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed this afternoon and evening. Due to heavy rainfall the previous day, combined with an additional one to two inches this afternoon, a portion of southern Bath County saw localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →Heavy rains toward the end of December sent the Ohio and Green Rivers above flood stage from December into the first part of January. The flooding was minor, consisting mostly of flooded bottomland fields, woodlands, and public park and recreation areas.
Read the full account →Heavy rains toward the end of December sent the Ohio and Green Rivers above flood stage from December into the first part of January. The flooding was minor, consisting mostly of flooded bottomland fields, woodlands, and public park and recreation areas.
Read the full account →Heavy rains toward the end of December sent the Ohio and Green Rivers above flood stage from December into the first part of January. The flooding was minor, consisting mostly of flooded bottomland fields, woodlands, and public park and recreation areas.
Read the full account →Heavy rains toward the end of December sent the Ohio and Green Rivers above flood stage from December into the first part of January. The flooding was minor, consisting mostly of flooded bottomland fields, woodlands, and public park and recreation areas.
Read the full account →Minor flooding that began along portions of the Ohio River in June ended very early in July. Low-lying woods, fields, and a few county roads remained underwater. A riverside park in Paducah was affected.
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