Flash Flood, Boone
- When
- June 30, 11:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Boone County, Union
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -84.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 30, 1996
Persistent heavy rainfall caused Gunpowder, Fowlers, and Longbranch creeks to rise rapidly out of their banks. Numerous roads were under water and some people were rescued from the top of cars that became submerged in the water.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1.0 million
- 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 ILN wrote it up.
Persistent heavy rainfall caused Gunpowder, Fowlers, and Longbranch creeks to rise rapidly out of their banks. Numerous roads were under water and some people were rescued from the top of cars that became submerged in the water. Over 30 homes were damaged.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
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
- Heat in Missouri, June 30, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, June 30, 1996
- Rip Current in California, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 30, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, June 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 30, 1996
- Flood in Hawaii, June 30, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 30, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 30, 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: 5567528.