Flood, Jefferson
- When
- May 11, 7:00 PM EST to May 13, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.187, -85.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Kentucky, May 11 to 13, 1996
3feet (flood stage is 55 feet) on May 11 at 2300 est. River road inLouisville was closed from 3rd to 8th streets.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
The Ohio River at McAlpine Lock on the lower gauge crested at 55.3feet (flood stage is 55 feet) on May 11 at 2300 est. River road inLouisville was closed from 3rd to 8th streets. Jupiter and Eifler Beaches saw some minor flooding to homes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 11, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 11, 1996
- Flood in Ohio, May 11 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 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: 5554083.