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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.

Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · Jul 18, 2023

Another active period of weather set up across central Kentucky and southern Indiana July 17th and 18th, 2023 as multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms moved across the region, bringing damaging straight-line winds, severe hail, and one tornado to the region.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, KY · Jul 18, 2023

Another active period of weather set up across central Kentucky and southern Indiana July 17th and 18th, 2023 as multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms moved across the region, bringing damaging straight-line winds, severe hail, and one tornado to the region.

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Flash Flood

Shelby, KY · Jul 18, 2023

Another active period of weather set up across central Kentucky and southern Indiana July 17th and 18th, 2023 as multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms moved across the region, bringing damaging straight-line winds, severe hail, and one tornado to the region.

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Flash Flood

Marion, KY · Jul 18, 2023

Another active period of weather set up across central Kentucky and southern Indiana July 17th and 18th, 2023 as multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms moved across the region, bringing damaging straight-line winds, severe hail, and one tornado to the region.

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Flash Flood

Harrison, KY · Jul 27, 2023

Northwest flow in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere placed central Kentucky and southern Indiana on the edge of a ring of fire type pattern for several days at the end of July 2023.

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Flash Flood

Harrison, KY · Jul 27, 2023

Northwest flow in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere placed central Kentucky and southern Indiana on the edge of a ring of fire type pattern for several days at the end of July 2023.

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Flash Flood

Marion, KY · Jul 29, 2023

Northwest flow in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere placed central Kentucky and southern Indiana on the edge of a ring of fire type pattern for several days at the end of July 2023.

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Flash Flood

Marion, KY · Jul 29, 2023

Northwest flow in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere placed central Kentucky and southern Indiana on the edge of a ring of fire type pattern for several days at the end of July 2023.

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Flash Flood

Marion, KY · Jul 29, 2023

Northwest flow in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere placed central Kentucky and southern Indiana on the edge of a ring of fire type pattern for several days at the end of July 2023.

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Flash Flood

Bell, KY · Sep 10, 2023

A warm front moved eastward towards the Kentucky border counties during the day on September 9th, 2023. It then stalled during the afternoon and evening along the highest terrain just east of the state.

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Flash Flood

Bell, KY · Sep 10, 2023

A warm front moved eastward towards the Kentucky border counties during the day on September 9th, 2023. It then stalled during the afternoon and evening along the highest terrain just east of the state.

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Flash Flood

Bell, KY · Sep 10, 2023

A warm front moved eastward towards the Kentucky border counties during the day on September 9th, 2023. It then stalled during the afternoon and evening along the highest terrain just east of the state.

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Flash Flood

Christian, KY · Sep 28, 2023

A cluster of severe thunderstorms formed over northwest Kentucky and the Pennyrile region during the late evening hours. These storms produced numerous reports of large hail and a couple of marginally severe wind gusts.

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Flash Flood

Laurel, KY · May 9, 2023

A low pressure system and frontal boundary were slowly sinking southward into the Commonwealth during the overnight hours from May 8th through May 9th. A line of storms had dropped southward of the frontal boundary, creating an outflow boundary pushing southeast.

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Flash Flood

Laurel, KY · May 9, 2023

A low pressure system and frontal boundary were slowly sinking southward into the Commonwealth during the overnight hours from May 8th through May 9th. A line of storms had dropped southward of the frontal boundary, creating an outflow boundary pushing southeast.

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Flash Flood

Graves, KY · Aug 12, 2023

Clusters of strong thunderstorms over southeast Missouri and northwest Tennessee merged into a complex of severe thunderstorms over southwest Kentucky.

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Flash Flood

Calloway, KY · Aug 12, 2023

Clusters of strong thunderstorms over southeast Missouri and northwest Tennessee merged into a complex of severe thunderstorms over southwest Kentucky.

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Flash Flood

Henderson, KY · Aug 26, 2023

A complex of severe thunderstorms moved southeast from southwest Indiana, producing isolated wind damage and street flooding in Henderson County. The complex of storms initiated along a stationary front draped from west to east across central Illinois and central Indiana.

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Flash Flood

Fulton, KY · Aug 3, 2023

Northwest to southeast oriented bands of thunderstorms moved southeast, training over the same areas for several hours. A strong and very moist low-level wind flow fed the storms, with 850 mb winds generally from 35 to 40 knots.

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Flash Flood

Hickman, KY · Aug 4, 2023

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed over southeast Missouri during the night of the 3rd. These southeastward-moving storms gradually morphed into an area of widespread moderate rainfall with isolated embedded storms through the morning of the…

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Flood$10K damage

Greenup, KY · Apr 23, 2011

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved through southern Ohio from Friday the 22nd into Sunday the 24th. The heaviest rains brushed Greenup County in northeast Kentucky.

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Flood

McCracken, KY · Jan 2, 2023

A few damaging wind events and an isolated tornado occurred across western Kentucky during the late night/early morning hours. Instability was meager, but very strong wind shear contributed to an environment favorable for a few severe storms.

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Flood

Webster, KY · Jan 3, 2023

A few damaging wind events and an isolated tornado occurred across western Kentucky during the late night/early morning hours. Instability was meager, but very strong wind shear contributed to an environment favorable for a few severe storms.

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Flood

Daviess, KY · Jan 3, 2023

A few damaging wind events and an isolated tornado occurred across western Kentucky during the late night/early morning hours. Instability was meager, but very strong wind shear contributed to an environment favorable for a few severe storms.

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