3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A very moist atmosphere with precipitable water values of 2.2 inches was in place across the region. With ample daytime heating thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours.
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 →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 →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 →Around 6 inches of rain fell over about a 6 hour period from late afternoon into the evening. Flash flooding damaged around 500 thousand dollars in crop damage across the county. A church was lifted off its foundation and carried 3/4 of a mile into a field.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell during the morning of March 1, during the afternoon of March 1, and again on the night of March 1 to 2. This resulted in repeated episodes of flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded, and damage was widespread.
Read the full account →A stationary front was draped across central Kentucky, with waves of showers and thunderstorms moving along and north of this front on July 22nd.
Read the full account →A stationary front was draped across central Kentucky, with waves of showers and thunderstorms moving along and north of this front on July 22nd.
Read the full account →A stationary front was draped across central Kentucky, with waves of showers and thunderstorms moving along and north of this front on July 22nd.
Read the full account →Repetitive showers and thunderstorms, moved southeast through southeast Ohio and into portions of northeast Kentucky between 1500E and 1830E on Tuesday, the 10th. In northeast Kentucky, the heaviest rains fell in eastern Greenup County and Boyd County.
Read the full account →Rain began Monday evening the 11th, around the north side of a strong mid level disturbance. The rain increased during the predawn hours on the 12th. Rain amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches were measured by dawn on the 12th.
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 →Thunderstorms intensified along and ahead of a strong cold front as it moved across the Lower Ohio Valley and southeast Missouri during the afternoon. The strongest storms acquired supercellular characteristics, resulting in a couple of funnel clouds and isolated large hail.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain persisted for much of the day, producing an average of 4 to 5 inches of rain. Hopkinsville measured 4.16 inches. Christian and Todd County schools were dismissed on the 22nd due to the threat of water going over the roads.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms developed underneath a pocket of cold air associated with a low in the upper levels of the atmosphere. At the surface, southerly winds on the back side of high pressure over the southern Appalachians brought warmth and moisture.
Read the full account →Repeated rounds of heavy rainfall led to flooding across eastern Kentucky on December 6th and 7th. In general, between two and half and three and a half inches of rain fell for the event and a number of roads around the area were underwater from time to time.
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorms dumped about one inch of rain per hour, and isolated locations received 2 inches of rain in 45 minutes. In Graves County, four families were evacuated from their homes in Mayfield.
Read the full account →A slow-moving band of thunderstorms with torrential downpours affected most of the Pennyrile region of West Kentucky. Storms earlier in the day had already saturated the ground, and this additional rain brought rainfall totals up to 5.66 inches at Princeton, 4.94 inches at…
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved from Louisiana on the morning of April 14th, to Eastern Kentucky later that evening. Once in Eastern Kentucky, the low pressure system slowed its movement considerably, as the system strengthened.
Read the full account →Record rainfall amounts of around 12 inches fell within 48 hours across parts of middle Tennessee. This rainfall resulted in record or near record stages on parts of the Cumberland River and Tennessee River, which flow into Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake.
Read the full account →During the afternoon, a supercell thunderstorm developed along a quasi-stationary front that extended from southwest to northeast along the Lower Ohio River Valley.
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 →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 →Record rainfall amounts of around 12 inches fell within 48 hours across parts of middle Tennessee. This rainfall resulted in record or near record stages on parts of the Cumberland River and Tennessee River, which flow into Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake.
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