3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Several days of heavy to torrential rains and gusty winds were experienced across eastern Kentucky from July 9th through the 12th. A strong surface low pressure remained parked across Illinois to our WNW, with a frontal boundary expanding eastward and through Kentucky, sinking…
Read the full account →Several days of heavy to torrential rains and gusty winds were experienced across eastern Kentucky from July 9th through the 12th. A strong surface low pressure remained parked across Illinois to our WNW, with a frontal boundary expanding eastward and through Kentucky, sinking…
Read the full account →Several days of heavy to torrential rains and gusty winds were experienced across eastern Kentucky from July 9th through the 12th. A strong surface low pressure remained parked across Illinois to our WNW, with a frontal boundary expanding eastward and through Kentucky, sinking…
Read the full account →Several days of heavy to torrential rains and gusty winds were experienced across eastern Kentucky from July 9th through the 12th. A strong surface low pressure remained parked across Illinois to our WNW, with a frontal boundary expanding eastward and through Kentucky, sinking…
Read the full account →Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana at 11:55am CDT on August 29. From here it continued to slowly move inland and northward. By 15Z on August 30, it had reached SW Mississippi.
Read the full account →A cold front slowly dropped into Kentucky during the morning of August 14. It then began to stall out during the day across eastern Kentucky. With a humid airmass in place, this created the instability needed for showers and thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon,…
Read the full account →Despite high pressure being in general control at the surface, a shortwave was moving into western KY during the morning hours, and would provide the energy needed, in an already very moist atmosphere, to trigger showers and thunderstorms throughout the day.
Read the full account →For several hours, thunderstorms with heavy rain trained southeast along an axis across western Kentucky into west central Tennessee. The heaviest rainfall and catastrophic flash flooding occurred in west central Tennessee, including Waverly.
Read the full account →For several hours, thunderstorms with heavy rain trained southeast along an axis across western Kentucky into west central Tennessee. The heaviest rainfall and catastrophic flash flooding occurred in west central Tennessee, including Waverly.
Read the full account →A strong occluded low pressure system was located in southeast Canada, resulting in scattered severe weather along the associated cold front across much of the northeast throughout the day.
Read the full account →A strong occluded low pressure system was located in southeast Canada, resulting in scattered severe weather along the associated cold front across much of the northeast throughout the day.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky sat under the leading edge of an upper ridge during a period of typical summer weather. Temperatures rose during the day creating strong instability in the atmosphere that caused showers and thunderstorms to breakout.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky sat under the leading edge of an upper ridge during a period of typical summer weather. Temperatures rose during the day creating strong instability in the atmosphere that caused showers and thunderstorms to breakout.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky sat under the leading edge of an upper ridge during a period of typical summer weather. Temperatures rose during the day creating strong instability in the atmosphere that caused showers and thunderstorms to breakout.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north into the state Saturday, allowing for an intensification of moisture advection into the area. This was then followed up by a passing cold front and associated cold front, both of which provided lift and helped provide heavy rains across the state.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north into the state Saturday, allowing for an intensification of moisture advection into the area. This was then followed up by a passing cold front and associated cold front, both of which provided lift and helped provide heavy rains across the state.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain moved across eastern Kentucky from late Friday, February 26th through early Monday, March 1st. The combination of all the heavy rainfall led to significant flooding across a good portion of central and east Kentucky.
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