3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Showers and thunderstorms on the north side of an upper low moved westward across Western Kentucky during the evening hours of the 26th. These storms also began pulling in moisture from Hurricane Helene, resulting in heavy downpours which spurred minor flooding near Corydon.
Read the full account →A warm front over the lower Ohio Valley produced numerous training thunderstorms over north central Kentucky during the morning and early afternoon. A cold front brought more heavy rain to north central and east central Kentucky during the afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →Flash flooding destroyed a bridge. Eight mobile homes were evacuated. About a dozen vehicles were stalled. About 85 residents of a nursing home in Owensboro were evacuated as water crept inside.
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 →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 →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 →The remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore moved north from the Louisiana coast, passing over central Kentucky. The large size of the storm, combined with its relatively slow movement, contributed to excessive rainfall in excess of 4 inches.
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 thunderstorm with torrential rain moved slowly north from Hickman County across Carlisle County. Rainfall rates were estimated close to two inches per hour, with an unofficial report of one inch in 20 minutes.
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 →Late on the night of May 3rd into the early morning hours of May 4th, an area of thunderstorms caused flooding in more than 20 counties around eastern Kentucky.||For this flooding and additional flooding that occurred in eastern Kentucky from a heavy rainfall event on May 8-9,…
Read the full account →An isolated severe thunderstorm blew down trees in Montgomery county during the predawn hours of July 17th. The more significant event, however, occurred during the later afternoon and evening hours in Pike county.
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 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 →The Blizzard of '96 that fell in New England and the Mid-Atlantic around the 6th began to melt towards the middle of the month, sending a flood wave down the Ohio River. This in turn sent backwater up many of the smaller rivers that feed into the Ohio.
Read the full account →Numerous roads were closed across western Kentucky, mostly secondary roads. Two persons were injured in Hickman County when a motorist drove into floodwaters along U.S. Highway 51.
Read the full account →The strong pressure gradient associated with a deep area of low pressure that moved across the Great Lakes on December 9th, brought strong and gusty winds to eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →The strong pressure gradient associated with a deep area of low pressure that moved across the Great Lakes on December 9th, brought strong and gusty winds to eastern Kentucky.
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 →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 →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.
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