Flood, Jefferson
- When
- May 26, 11:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 38.187, -85.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Kentucky, May 26, 1996
Several roads across southern Jefferson county were closed due to high waters as 4 inches of rain fell between 11 pm est May 25 and 11 am est May 26. Area creeks were already backed up due to the near-flooded Ohio River.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Several roads across southern Jefferson county were closed due to high waters as 4 inches of rain fell between 11 pm est May 25 and 11 am est May 26. Area creeks were already backed up due to the near-flooded Ohio River. 50 residents of a nursing home on Dixie Highway had to be relocated when a sump pump failure allowed the halls to be filled with water. Several roads were closed into the evening hours.
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
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 26, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 26 to 27, 1996
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 26 to 31, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 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: 5554644.