3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →A very large and fast moving cluster of thunderstorms brought widespread severe weather and areal flooding to eastern Kentucky on the afternoon and evening of June 16th.
Read the full account →Persistent strong thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inches of rain in a couple of hours. The city of Murray was especially hard hit, where motorists became stranded in water as much as 3 feet deep. An elderly woman and her son were rescued from their flooded house.
Read the full account →The Union County Shopping Center parking lot rapidly filled with five to six feet of water. Several vehicles were partially or totally covered with water. Many employees were trapped in the stores and had to be rescued by large trucks.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms on the evening of April 16 produced wind damage, hail, and tornadoes. At Windy in Wayne County, a barn was damaged by thunderstorm winds, and a spotter south of Brodhead in Rockcastle County estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph.
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 →Remnants of Hurricane Frances caused about a 30 hour rain event, from the afternoon of the 7th into the evening hours of the 8th. The heaviest rains fell during the morning of the 8th. Storm total amounts of 3 to 5 inches were widespread, with isolated amount of 5 to 6 inches.
Read the full account →Remnants of Hurricane Frances caused about a 30 hour rain event, from the afternoon of the 7th into the evening hours of the 8th. The heaviest rains fell during the morning of the 8th. Storm total amounts of 3 to 5 inches were widespread, with isolated amount of 5 to 6 inches.
Read the full account →Remnants of Hurricane Frances caused about a 30 hour rain event, from the afternoon of the 7th into the evening hours of the 8th. The heaviest rains fell during the morning of the 8th. Storm total amounts of 3 to 5 inches were widespread, with isolated amount of 5 to 6 inches.
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 →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 →A band of thunderstorms became stationary from west to east across the southern portion of western Kentucky. The storms were fed by a rather strong west-southwest low level jet up to 40 knots.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed along a cold front as it moved east across the Mississippi Valley. As the atmosphere became very unstable due to daytime heating and hot south winds, the clusters evolved into a well-organized mesoscale convective system during the afternoon.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms occurred along a nearly stationary surface front that extended from northern Arkansas northeast across the Lower Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →A couple of frontal boundaries and a weak shortwave trough, combined with ample low and middle level moisture, led to the formation of scattered to numerous heavy rainfall producing showers and thunderstorms across portions of eastern Kentucky during the afternoon and evening…
Read the full account →Widespread rain with numerous embedded thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall caused some pockets of flash flooding of roads and low spots.
Read the full account →Widespread rain with numerous embedded thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall caused some pockets of flash flooding of roads and low spots.
Read the full account →Widespread rain with numerous embedded thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall caused some pockets of flash flooding of roads and low spots.
Read the full account →Widespread rain with numerous embedded thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall caused some pockets of flash flooding of roads and low spots.
Read the full account →Widespread rain with numerous embedded thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall caused some pockets of flash flooding of roads and low spots.
Read the full account →Widespread rain with numerous embedded thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours of the 15th into the early morning hours of the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall caused some pockets of flash flooding of roads and low spots.
Read the full account →Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell across the county on the 28th and 29th. This brought the monthly total to near 9 inches. Many homes, especially those near creeks and streams, received water damage.
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 →During the evening hours on the 5th, a slow-moving frontal band of showers and thunderstorms oriented SW to NE was drifting southeastward across the Ohio River. A thunderstorm developed in SE portions of Henderson County, moving northwestward.
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