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Kentucky Flood Stories

3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Larue, KY · Feb 16, 2023

A strong storm system moved through the Ohio Valley beginning late in the evening on February 15th and continuing through much of the day on February 16th.

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Breckinridge, KY · Feb 16, 2023

A strong storm system moved through the Ohio Valley beginning late in the evening on February 15th and continuing through much of the day on February 16th.

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Breckinridge, KY · Feb 16, 2023

A strong storm system moved through the Ohio Valley beginning late in the evening on February 15th and continuing through much of the day on February 16th.

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Bullitt, KY · Feb 16, 2023

A strong storm system moved through the Ohio Valley beginning late in the evening on February 15th and continuing through much of the day on February 16th.

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Bullitt, KY · Feb 16, 2023

A strong storm system moved through the Ohio Valley beginning late in the evening on February 15th and continuing through much of the day on February 16th.

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Graves, KY · Mar 24, 2023

A nearly stationary front draped itself from central Texas northeast through the Ohio River Valley and produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall.

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Hopkins, KY · Mar 24, 2023

A nearly stationary front draped itself from central Texas northeast through the Ohio River Valley and produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall.

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Marshall, KY · Mar 24, 2023

A nearly stationary front draped itself from central Texas northeast through the Ohio River Valley and produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall.

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Carlisle, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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McCracken, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Marshall, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Marshall, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Ballard, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Hickman, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Lyon, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Henderson, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Webster, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Union, KY · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced areas of flash flooding, with numerous road closures. The heavy rain drove the Ohio River above flood stage at Uniontown.

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Todd, KY · Aug 27, 2023

A small thunderstorm complex over the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky slowed down and intensified during the morning. A very well-defined and slow-moving mesoscale convective vortex over southeast Missouri drifted off to the southeast through the morning hours, tracking…

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Caldwell, KY · Aug 27, 2023

A small thunderstorm complex over the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky slowed down and intensified during the morning. A very well-defined and slow-moving mesoscale convective vortex over southeast Missouri drifted off to the southeast through the morning hours, tracking…

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Hardin, KY · Jun 25, 2023

An anomalously strong mid- and upper-level trough for late June moved across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley from the afternoon hours on June 25th through the morning hours on June 26th.

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Caldwell, KY · Jul 24, 2023

Clusters of intense thunderstorm cells rapidly formed in a strongly unstable air mass during the heat of the afternoon. The most intense cells merged into a small severe thunderstorm complex around the northern end of the Land Between The Lakes area (Kentucky Lake and Lake…

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Ballard, KY · Jul 24, 2023

Clusters of intense thunderstorm cells rapidly formed in a strongly unstable air mass during the heat of the afternoon. The most intense cells merged into a small severe thunderstorm complex around the northern end of the Land Between The Lakes area (Kentucky Lake and Lake…

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Whitley, KY · Jul 9, 2023

Storms developed during the evening hours across eastern Kentucky, ahead of an approaching cold front. The airmass was already quite primed with moisture, and with very little steering motion, the storms sat over locations for extended periods of time.

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