3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Multiple rounds of heavy tropical-like showers began Saturday, October 5th and continued through Sunday morning. This episodic convection developed within an unseasonably moist airmass south and east of a stalled boundary.
Read the full account →Widespread major flooding resulted from excessive rainfall. From November 26 to 30, 11.3 inches of rain fell at Murray, 7.5 inches fell at Hopkinsville, and 9 to 10 inches fell at Canton and Cadiz. Flooding of rivers and creeks prompted numerous road closings.
Read the full account →Heavy rain inundated much of eastern Kentucky on February 14th through February 16th. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain fell over this 3 day period. This rain initially produced flash flooding for many counties of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Heavy rain inundated much of eastern Kentucky on February 14th through February 16th. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain fell over this 3 day period. This rain initially produced flash flooding for many counties of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Heavy rain inundated much of eastern Kentucky on February 14th through February 16th. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain fell over this 3 day period. This rain initially produced flash flooding for many counties of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Heavy rain inundated much of eastern Kentucky on February 14th through February 16th. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain fell over this 3 day period. This rain initially produced flash flooding for many counties of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Heavy rain inundated much of eastern Kentucky on February 14th through February 16th. Anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain fell over this 3 day period. This rain initially produced flash flooding for many counties of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of four inches or more fell over south central Kentucky, causing widespread flooding and some flash flooding. In Cumberland County, rainfall amounts were reported in the two to five inch range.
Read the full account →Moderate to major flooding of the Ohio River occurred. States of emergency were declared in McCracken, Livingston, Union, and Henderson Counties. Floodfighting activities included the construction of temporary sandbag levees.
Read the full account →Widespread major flooding occurred in the Hopkinsville area in response to 8 to 11 inches of rain in a 36-hour period. One fatality was directly attributed to the flooding in Hopkinsville, where a 10-year-old girl was swept into a culvert while playing in a low-lying area.
Read the full account →Well south of a frontal boundary, a moist and unstable air mass resided over the Ohio Valley. The ground was already wetter than normal from previous rains. A southwest and west wind along with daytime heating formed showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 20th.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall amounts from 2 to 6 inches occurred over a two-day period, causing significant flooding. A very slow-moving cold front over southwest Illinois and southeast Missouri provided the focus for prolonged heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Another mid-level shortwave trough translated quickly eastward across the southern Plains. This feature contributed to a severe weather outbreak in the Lower Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →A squall line with embedded sustained supercells entered western Kentucky early in the morning. The embedded supercells raced east-northeast at 60 to 70 mph, while the line moved southeast at a slower rate.
Read the full account →Rain and a few storms traversed the area on the night of February 27th, then activity began to increase the morning of the 28th as a cold front slowly approached from the west.
Read the full account →Rain and a few storms traversed the area on the night of February 27th, then activity began to increase the morning of the 28th as a cold front slowly approached from the west.
Read the full account →Between a stalled frontal boundary and a disturbance crossing the region, several rounds of rain and storms impacted northeastern Kentucky between the 6th and 7th of May.
Read the full account →A very strong low pressure system was wrapping up and becoming occluded across the Upper Great Lakes and southern Ontario on the morning of May 22.
Read the full account →Between a stalled frontal boundary and a disturbance crossing the region, several rounds of rain and storms impacted northeastern Kentucky between the 6th and 7th of May.
Read the full account →Between a stalled frontal boundary and a disturbance crossing the region, several rounds of rain and storms impacted northeastern Kentucky between the 6th and 7th of May.
Read the full account →Between a stalled frontal boundary and a disturbance crossing the region, several rounds of rain and storms impacted northeastern Kentucky between the 6th and 7th of May.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front lingered near the Ohio Valley from July 3rd through July 5th, with multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area during this time period.
Read the full account →On May 8th and 9th, 2024, a quasi-stationary frontal boundary was draped from west to east across the Ohio Valley. Storms from the previous evening across southern Indiana and north central Kentucky had helped to stabilized the environment in those locations, though areas in…
Read the full account →On May 8th and 9th, 2024, a quasi-stationary frontal boundary was draped from west to east across the Ohio Valley. Storms from the previous evening across southern Indiana and north central Kentucky had helped to stabilized the environment in those locations, though areas in…
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