3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →As a result of rain and melted snow in Pennsylvania, WestVirginia, and western Maryland, the Ohio River crested 1 to3 feet above flood stage. The crest at Ashland was 54.6 feet,while Greenup peaked at 55.3 feet.
Read the full account →As a result of rain and melted snow in Pennsylvania, WestVirginia, and western Maryland, the Ohio River crested 1 to3 feet above flood stage. The crest at Ashland was 54.6 feet,while Greenup peaked at 55.3 feet.
Read the full account →Three to five inches of rain within a 1 to 3 hour period resulted in extensive flash flooding. In Powell County about 50 homes and a dozen businesses sustained flood damage, and numerous roads had to be closed.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms hit extreme northeast Kentucky 3 separate times from the predawn hours of Saturday, the 1st, through Monday morning, the 3rd. Rainfall totals of 5 to 9 inches were measured. The heaviest rain rates were on Saturday, the 1st.
Read the full account →From April 18 to 19, most of southeast Kentucky received 1 to 3 inches of rain, but some spots received 3 to 5 inches. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding, small stream flooding, and eventually river flooding.
Read the full account →From April 18 to 19, most of southeast Kentucky received 1 to 3 inches of rain, but some spots received 3 to 5 inches. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding, small stream flooding, and eventually river flooding.
Read the full account →From April 18 to 19, most of southeast Kentucky received 1 to 3 inches of rain, but some spots received 3 to 5 inches. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding, small stream flooding, and eventually river flooding.
Read the full account →From April 18 to 19, most of southeast Kentucky received 1 to 3 inches of rain, but some spots received 3 to 5 inches. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding, small stream flooding, and eventually river flooding.
Read the full account →From April 18 to 19, most of southeast Kentucky received 1 to 3 inches of rain, but some spots received 3 to 5 inches. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding, small stream flooding, and eventually river flooding.
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 →Thunderstorms producing torrential downpours were nearly stationary over Calloway County, including the city of Murray, for a couple of hours. Spotters reported rainfall rates up to 2.4 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Rains of 1.5 to 2.5 inches fell in less than 90 minutes over eastern Carter, northern Lawrence, and Boyd Counties. In Carter County, water flooded roads around Willard and Jeriel.
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 →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 →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 →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 →A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A multiple lines and clusters of intense showers and strong to severe thunderstorms brought a variety of severe weather to eastern Kentucky on May 2nd and 3rd.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled north of the Ohio Valley early on January 1st as a low pressure system developed near the area. These features brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall to the area.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled north of the Ohio Valley early on January 1st as a low pressure system developed near the area. These features brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall to the area.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled north of the Ohio Valley early on January 1st as a low pressure system developed near the area. These features brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall to the area.
Read the full account →A broken line of thunderstorms moved rapidly east-northeastward during the early morning hours. A few damaging wind events and a weak tornado accompanied the storms.
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