3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A major outbreak of severe weather occurred on the 8th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a longwave trough was centered across the Rockies with deep-layer southwesterly flow from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →A major outbreak of severe weather occurred on the 8th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a longwave trough was centered across the Rockies with deep-layer southwesterly flow from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →A major outbreak of severe weather occurred on the 8th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a longwave trough was centered across the Rockies with deep-layer southwesterly flow from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure was drifting across the Quad State on the 14th. Showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon to evening with Western Kentucky seeing storms drift slowly, pivoting eastward to northeastward. CAPE values around 1000 J/kg dropped off after sunset.
Read the full account →A major outbreak of severe weather occurred on the 8th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a longwave trough was centered across the Rockies with deep-layer southwesterly flow from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →The second major severe weather outbreak for the month occurred on the 26th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a shortwave trough centered in the middle of the country with a 60 kt mid-level jet moved across northern Arkansas.
Read the full account →The second major severe weather outbreak for the month occurred on the 26th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a shortwave trough centered in the middle of the country with a 60 kt mid-level jet moved across northern Arkansas.
Read the full account →As a strong storm system approached, two lines of thunderstorms moved eastward through west Kentucky late on the 17th and early on the 18th. Torrential rainfall from the second line of storms produced some street flooding in Madisonville around 4 AM CST on the 18th.
Read the full account →As a strong storm system approached, two lines of thunderstorms moved eastward through west Kentucky late on the 17th and early on the 18th. Torrential rainfall from the second line of storms produced some street flooding in Madisonville around 4 AM CST on the 18th.
Read the full account →A major outbreak of severe weather occurred on the 8th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a longwave trough was centered across the Rockies with deep-layer southwesterly flow from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance and associated surface low pressure moved from the southern Plains northeastward toward the Tennessee and lower Ohio valleys Sunday July 5th.
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 →Heavy rainfall in March set the stage for major flooding when record-setting rains fell in April and May. At Paducah, 15.91 inches of rain fell in April, which was 10.96 inches above normal.
Read the full account →Another major rain event occurred from late on the 9th into the evening hours of the 10th. Rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common. Including this episode, the accummulative affects of 5 significant rain events across the upper Ohio River Valley since Febraury 21st, caused…
Read the full account →A stationary front was located over the lower Ohio Valley from July 30th into July 31st, with upper level flow oriented from northwest to southeast across the region.
Read the full account →A stationary front was located over the lower Ohio Valley from July 30th into July 31st, with upper level flow oriented from northwest to southeast across the region.
Read the full account →A stationary front was located over the lower Ohio Valley from July 30th into July 31st, with upper level flow oriented from northwest to southeast across the region.
Read the full account →A stationary front was located over the lower Ohio Valley from July 30th into July 31st, with upper level flow oriented from northwest to southeast across the region.
Read the full account →Moist southerly flow impinging on a stalled frontal boundary resulted in widespread moderate to heavy rainfall with embedded thunderstorms across southern Kentucky. Rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches were reported and this resulted in flooding issues.
Read the full account →Strong instability, combined with weak winds aloft, led to the development of scattered strong thunderstorms across central Kentucky during the late afternoon and evening hours. The strongest storms produced marginally severe hail and isolated damaging wind gusts.
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 →Along a warm frontal boundary, about a half inch of rain fell during the morning. Training thunderstorms developed during the evening, ahead of a cold front. Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell in about 3 hours from around Olive Hill on southeast toward Grayson Lake and Hitchins.
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 →A thunderstorm with torrential rain moved slowly north from Hickman County across Carlisle County. Rainfall rates were estimated close to two inches per hour, with an unofficial report of one inch in 20 minutes.
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