3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Widespread heavy rain fell over ground that was saturated from a combination of snowmelt and a heavy rainstorm in late February. The heavy rain was caused by a slow-moving cold front that crossed the Lower Ohio Valley during the evening of the 3rd.
Read the full account →In the late afternoon, a low level boundary existed along the Ohio River from near Cincinnati to near Ashland, then east into central West Virginia. Rotating thunderstorms formed along this boundary, the strongest of which was across the Ohio River in southern Ohio.
Read the full account →From April 18 to 19, most of southeast Kentucky received 1 to 3 inches of rain, but some spots received 3 to 5 inches. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding, small stream flooding, and eventually river flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms producing torrential downpours were nearly stationary over Calloway County, including the city of Murray, for a couple of hours. Spotters reported rainfall rates up to 2.4 inches per hour.
Read the full account →A surface cold front extended from the Chicago area southwestward across the eastern fringes of the St. Louis metro area to a weak low pressure center over southeast Missouri.
Read the full account →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →Streams and rivers were still swollen from previous rains and snow melt. The Ohio River was still having some minor overflow as more rain began during the afternoon of the 13th.
Read the full account →Streams and rivers were still swollen from previous rains and snow melt. The Ohio River was still having some minor overflow as more rain began during the afternoon of the 13th.
Read the full account →Numerous roads were closed across the northwest Kentucky counties of Webster, Union, Henderson, and Daviess as a result of very heavy rainfall during the previous few days. Among the closed roads was Kentucky Highway 138 near Slaughters in Webster County.
Read the full account →A small but slow-moving thunderstorm complex resulted in localized flash flooding in a few counties bordering the Ohio River. A sub-tropical low pressure system that produced torrential rains along the Gulf of Mexico coast turned north, eventually getting pulled northeast across…
Read the full account →A compact storm system interacted with a warm and unstable airmass in the late afternoon and evening of April 7th to produce severe weather over portions of central Kentucky.
Read the full account →A cold front, trailing behind a surface low pressure system, approached from the north and then sank down through the middle Ohio Valley and Central Appalachians on July 21st.
Read the full account →Highway 41A was closed between Providence and Madisonville. One woman was evacuated from the northwestern part of the county as backwater from the Tradewater River rose. A cooperative observer in Sebree measured 7.57 inches of rain in three days.
Read the full account →Several low pressure systems lifted through the Appalachians between the 20th and 24th. These brought several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall, with some areas measuring 3 to 4 inches over the span of 4 days.
Read the full account →A powerful mid-level shortwave trough ejected east-northeast across the southern Plains, reaching the lower and mid Mississippi Valley during the night.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across western Kentucky. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across western Kentucky. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across western Kentucky. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across western Kentucky. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
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