3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →Beginning Monday, February 10, light rain moved back into eastern Kentucky. This caused additional issues, while another round on Wednesday, February 12 into Thursday, February 13 brought continued river flooding along points on the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers.
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorm cells over saturated ground caused localized flash flooding during the afternoon hours. An upper-level disturbance advancing quickly southeast across western Illinois promoted the growth of thunderstorms along an outflow boundary extending from southwest…
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorm cells over saturated ground caused localized flash flooding during the afternoon hours. An upper-level disturbance advancing quickly southeast across western Illinois promoted the growth of thunderstorms along an outflow boundary extending from southwest…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms produced very heavy rain across the lower Ohio Valley. The storms occurred in a moist and unstable air mass ahead of a slow-moving 500 mb disturbance over south central Illinois.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms produced very heavy rain across the lower Ohio Valley. The storms occurred in a moist and unstable air mass ahead of a slow-moving 500 mb disturbance over south central Illinois.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary was located generally west to east across central and eastern Kentucky. Decent warm air and moisture advection was present south of the boundary, and provided the ingredients necessary to produce low centroid high precipitating showers and storms…
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 →Showers and thunderstorms blossomed and moved along a nearly stalled front that extended from east to west across the state of Kentucky. A southwest low-level jet around 40 knots brought increasing moisture and instability.
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 →Thunderstorms dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain over parts of western Kentucky. The National Weather Service office in Paducah measured 3.22 inches, bringing the rainfall total since May 1 to nearly 8.5 inches.
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 →The Ohio River, which rose above flood stage in mid to late January, crested on February 1 at Uniontown and Paducah. The crest at Paducah was 44.23 feet, which is over 5 feet above flood stage. The crest at Uniontown (J.T.
Read the full account →The Ohio River, which rose above flood stage in mid to late January, crested on February 1 at Uniontown and Paducah. The crest at Paducah was 44.23 feet, which is over 5 feet above flood stage. The crest at Uniontown (J.T.
Read the full account →The Ohio River, which rose above flood stage in mid to late January, crested on February 1 at Uniontown and Paducah. The crest at Paducah was 44.23 feet, which is over 5 feet above flood stage. The crest at Uniontown (J.T.
Read the full account →The Ohio River, which rose above flood stage in mid to late January, crested on February 1 at Uniontown and Paducah. The crest at Paducah was 44.23 feet, which is over 5 feet above flood stage. The crest at Uniontown (J.T.
Read the full account →The Ohio River, which rose above flood stage in mid to late January, crested on February 1 at Uniontown and Paducah. The crest at Paducah was 44.23 feet, which is over 5 feet above flood stage. The crest at Uniontown (J.T.
Read the full account →The Ohio River, which rose above flood stage in mid to late January, crested on February 1 at Uniontown and Paducah. The crest at Paducah was 44.23 feet, which is over 5 feet above flood stage. The crest at Uniontown (J.T.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rain events from November 26 to 30 culminated in a moderate flooding event. Rainfall totals for the period from November 26 to 30 were commonly 5 to 9 inches. Specific totals included 6 inches at Paducah, 7.4 inches at Benton, and 9.1 inches at Bardwell.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rain events from November 26 to 30 culminated in a moderate flooding event. Rainfall totals for the period from November 26 to 30 were commonly 5 to 9 inches. Specific totals included 6 inches at Paducah, 7.4 inches at Benton, and 9.1 inches at Bardwell.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rain events from November 26 to 30 culminated in a moderate flooding event. Rainfall totals for the period from November 26 to 30 were commonly 5 to 9 inches. Specific totals included 6 inches at Paducah, 7.4 inches at Benton, and 9.1 inches at Bardwell.
Read the full account →Minor to moderate flooding of the Ohio River occurred. At Uniontown, the river was above flood stage nearly all month. Downriver at Smithland and Paducah, the flooding occurred during the mid and latter part of the month.
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