Flash Flood, Magoffin
- When
- June 8, 11:00 PM EST to June 9, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Magoffin County, Salyersville
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 37.707, -83.065 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
Rainfall of up to 3 inches in less than 6 hours resulted in flash flooding over parts of Magoffin County. Some of the worst flooding occurred in the Rockhouse, Burning Fork, Dry Bread, Gun Creek, and Royalton sections of the county.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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 JKL wrote it up.
Rainfall of up to 3 inches in less than 6 hours resulted in flash flooding over parts of Magoffin County. Some of the worst flooding occurred in the Rockhouse, Burning Fork, Dry Bread, Gun Creek, and Royalton sections of the county. Flooding washed out many driveways and private bridges. The Mountain Parkway just east of the Salyersville city limits was flooded, and had to be closed. In Salyersville, a woman had to be rescued after she drove her car into a flooded section of road.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 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: 5558907.