Flash Flood, Rowan
- When
- June 22, 11:00 PM EST to June 23, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- Rowan County, Morehead
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.196, -83.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 22 to 23, 1996
Water covered numerous roads from 15 miles north of Morehead to Haldeman. Propane tanks and trailers were washed out and floating across roads in Morehead.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
Water covered numerous roads from 15 miles north of Morehead to Haldeman. Propane tanks and trailers were washed out and floating across roads in Morehead. Report was from state police.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 22, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 22, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 22, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 1996
- Tornado in New York, June 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5550219.