3,183 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kentucky, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Another round of heavy rain showers impacted portions of eastern Kentucky during the early morning hours of July 27th, thanks to a lingering and weakening stationary boundary across the region and a strong flow of moisture advection on the heals of SW flow.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rain showers impacted portions of eastern Kentucky during the early morning hours of July 27th, thanks to a lingering and weakening stationary boundary across the region and a strong flow of moisture advection on the heals of SW flow.
Read the full account →Numerous slow-moving thunderstorms developed near a stationary front that extended from southeast Missouri across western Kentucky. A well-defined upper-level low circulation over eastern Kansas moved east, providing some additional support for the storms.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms occurred along a nearly stationary surface front that extended from northern Arkansas northeast across the Lower Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →Ahead of a southeast moving cold front, a west to east oriented band of heavy precipitation formed across central Kentucky along a boundary remaining from precipitation from the previous night.
Read the full account →Ahead of a southeast moving cold front, a west to east oriented band of heavy precipitation formed across central Kentucky along a boundary remaining from precipitation from the previous night.
Read the full account →Ahead of a southeast moving cold front, a west to east oriented band of heavy precipitation formed across central Kentucky along a boundary remaining from precipitation from the previous night.
Read the full account →Ahead of a southeast moving cold front, a west to east oriented band of heavy precipitation formed across central Kentucky along a boundary remaining from precipitation from the previous night.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was over the Lower Ohio Valley, but with an upper ridge centered over the CONUS, northwest flow moved several waves of convection through central Kentucky. This resulted in multiple wind damage and hail reports with limited flash flooding reports.
Read the full account →Surface high pressure was over the Lower Ohio Valley, but with an upper ridge centered over the CONUS, northwest flow moved several waves of convection through central Kentucky. This resulted in multiple wind damage and hail reports with limited flash flooding reports.
Read the full account →Isolated severe thunderstorms developed over western Kentucky, along and just ahead of a southeastward moving cold front. The storms formed on the northern edge of a region of strong wind shear and weak to moderate instability.
Read the full account →A moist and unstable atmosphere led to the formation of several areas of showers and thunderstorms during the overnight and early morning hours of August 12th.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky was located in the warm sector ahead of a surface low to the west, a west to east oriented warm front to the north, and a north to south oriented cold front to the southwest.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky was located in the warm sector ahead of a surface low to the west, a west to east oriented warm front to the north, and a north to south oriented cold front to the southwest.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky was located in the warm sector ahead of a surface low to the west, a west to east oriented warm front to the north, and a north to south oriented cold front to the southwest.
Read the full account →Central Kentucky was located in the warm sector ahead of a surface low to the west, a west to east oriented warm front to the north, and a north to south oriented cold front to the southwest.
Read the full account →A moist and unstable atmosphere led to the formation of several areas of showers and thunderstorms during the overnight and early morning hours of August 12th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms ahead of an advancing cold front caused wind damage over much of Central Kentucky, mostly in the form of downed trees and power lines. There were also widespread reports of large hail, and a few more reports of non-severe hail in other locations.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms ahead of an advancing cold front caused wind damage over much of Central Kentucky, mostly in the form of downed trees and power lines. There were also widespread reports of large hail, and a few more reports of non-severe hail in other locations.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms ahead of an advancing cold front caused wind damage over much of Central Kentucky, mostly in the form of downed trees and power lines. There were also widespread reports of large hail, and a few more reports of non-severe hail in other locations.
Read the full account →During the day of March 2nd, southerly warm moist air moved through Kentucky from Tennessee just ahead of an upper trough and cold front. As a result, a series of strong storms moved across south central Kentucky late on the evening of March 2nd and into the morning of March…
Read the full account →As the remnants of Hurricane Ida moved northeast through the Lower Ohio Valley, its moisture interacted with a near stationary cold front over southern Indiana.
Read the full account →A slow-moving thunderstorm dumped up to 2.5 inches of rain per hour along U.S. 60 from La Center to Kevil. Creek floodwaters were 2 feet deep in a machine shop in La Center, and a house was evacuated. A furniture store and tanning salon in Kevil were flooded.
Read the full account →A weak disturbance crossed over northeast Kentucky on July 31st at the same time a warm front migrated northward at the surface. These two features provided the needed support for showers and thunderstorms that developed in the late morning time frame.
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