3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over parts of far west Kentucky. Rainfall rates at the National Weather Service in Paducah were close to 2.5 inches in one hour. Flooding occurred in the terminal building at Barkley Regional Airport. Water covered parts of U.S.
Read the full account →A relatively small thunderstorm complex moved southeast across southern Illinois into far western Kentucky during the early morning hours. The storms occurred in association with a mesoscale convective vorticity center moving across Missouri.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →As a couple of cold fronts moved through the Lower Ohio Valley, widespread rainfall fell across north central Kentucky. This resulted in ponding water on city streets in Louisville and Lexington.
Read the full account →A relatively small thunderstorm complex moved southeast across southern Illinois into far western Kentucky during the early morning hours. The storms occurred in association with a mesoscale convective vorticity center moving across Missouri.
Read the full account →Strong upper level winds combined with an unstable airmass to produce widespread convection during the evening hours. The primary threat from these storms was damaging winds.
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 →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 strong to severe thunderstorms formed along and ahead of an advancing cold front on this day, bringing severe weather and flooding to eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Widespread strong to severe thunderstorms formed along and ahead of an advancing cold front on this day, bringing severe weather and flooding to eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →This event began during the predawn hours of March 15th, with the first report of large hail occurring just after 5 am in Knox county. Hail between pea and golf ball size and flashing flooding continued to occur until after 9 pm on the 15th.
Read the full account →A rapidly developing low pressure system moved northeastward through the Quad State region from the evening of the 28th through the morning of the 29th. Standing water occurred in Fulton and Lyon Counties during the evening as the first round of rain moved through.
Read the full account →A rapidly developing low pressure system moved northeastward through the Quad State region from the evening of the 28th through the morning of the 29th. Standing water occurred in Fulton and Lyon Counties during the evening as the first round of rain moved through.
Read the full account →A rapidly developing low pressure system moved northeastward through the Quad State region from the evening of the 28th through the morning of the 29th. Standing water occurred in Fulton and Lyon Counties during the evening as the first round of rain moved through.
Read the full account →Flooding of the Ohio and Green Rivers began late in December and continued into January. A very wet pattern developed during the second half of the month.
Read the full account →Flooding of the Ohio and Green Rivers began late in December and continued into January. A very wet pattern developed during the second half of the month.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled along the Ohio River, providing the focus for several clusters of thunderstorms to move across northern Kentucky during the early morning, lasting into the afternoon. Rainfall amounts from the thunderstorms generally ranged from three to five inches.
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