3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A slow moving low pressure system, in combination with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Gordon, and abundant moisture brought a long duration heavy rainfall event to much of the Bluegrass region of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →With yet another strong occluded low located across the north-central Conus, and a cold front stretching southward through the Mississippi Valley, Kentucky found itself in a warm and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →Deep moisture anchored across east Kentucky, combined with a stalled frontal boundary, then a cold front, led to several rounds of heavy rain from the evening of September 12th through the early afternoon hours on September 13th.
Read the full account →Beginning on February 3rd, numerous rounds of rainfall began to impact eastern Kentucky. This continued through February 7th, highlighted by heavy rainfall from the evening of February 5th through the first half of February 6th.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system, in combination with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Gordon, and abundant moisture brought a long duration heavy rainfall event to much of the Bluegrass region of eastern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Periods of rain worked back into eastern Kentucky early on February 20 as a warm frontal boundary lifted north across the Commonwealth. A cold front brought additional rainfall through the afternoon and evening, before drier conditions worked into eastern Kentucky during the…
Read the full account →A midlevel shortwave trough was situated over the Upper Midwest Sunday night (31st) into Monday morning (1st). At the surface, a strong occluded low was also present.
Read the full account →Two very slow-moving areas of thunderstorms crossed western Kentucky during the overnight hours into the early morning hours. These storms dumped up to 5 inches of rain in about 6 hours. Isolated pockets of flash flooding occurred with these excessive rain totals.
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 →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours, then moved east into western Kentucky in the evening. Some of the largest clusters were associated with sporadic gusty winds in the 40 to 60 mph range.
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 →Between a stalled frontal boundary and a disturbance crossing the region, several rounds of rain and storms impacted northeastern Kentucky between the 6th and 7th of May.
Read the full account →The end of September featured a strong Category 4 Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the Florida Big Bend region on September 26th. After sailing through the Mississippi Valley, Helene quickly deviated its track to the west-northwest as it began to pivot around an…
Read the full account →The end of September featured a strong Category 4 Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the Florida Big Bend region on September 26th. After sailing through the Mississippi Valley, Helene quickly deviated its track to the west-northwest as it began to pivot around an…
Read the full account →A prolonged period of light to moderate rain led to flooding across portions of eastern Kentucky, particularly southeastern Kentucky, beginning during the overnight hours of Friday, February 9 into Saturday, February 10, 2018.
Read the full account →Major flash flooding occurred in the Tennessee border counties from Fulton east to Elkton. Ahead of a northward moving warm front, rain moved northeastward across the region during the late afternoon and evening hours on February 27.
Read the full account →Deep moisture anchored across east Kentucky, combined with a stalled frontal boundary, then a cold front, led to several rounds of heavy rain from the evening of September 12th through the early afternoon hours on September 13th.
Read the full account →Deep moisture anchored across east Kentucky, combined with a stalled frontal boundary, then a cold front, led to several rounds of heavy rain from the evening of September 12th through the early afternoon hours on September 13th.
Read the full account →A training thunderstorm complex during the night of June 27th into the 28th produced significant flash flooding, as well as minor river flooding on the Green River.
Read the full account →A training thunderstorm complex during the night of June 27th into the 28th produced significant flash flooding, as well as minor river flooding on the Green River.
Read the full account →A cluster of severe thunderstorms formed over northwest Kentucky and the Pennyrile region during the late evening hours. These storms produced numerous reports of large hail and a couple of marginally severe wind gusts.
Read the full account →Major flash flooding occurred from the evening of July 6 through the early morning of July 7. A slow-moving thunderstorm complex backed slowly southwestward across western Kentucky and southern Illinois.
Read the full account →The second warmest December on record for Eastern Kentucky finished with a warm and moist air mass in place on New Year's Eve. A developing warm front slowly lifted northward out of the Tennessee Valley during the early morning hours on New Year's Day 2022 and stalled near the…
Read the full account →The second warmest December on record for Eastern Kentucky finished with a warm and moist air mass in place on New Year's Eve. A developing warm front slowly lifted northward out of the Tennessee Valley during the early morning hours on New Year's Day 2022 and stalled near the…
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