Flood, Boyle
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boyle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.624, -84.867 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kentucky, March 1, 1997
In between 3 and 8 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours causing many streets across these counties to be under water. Larue, Casey and Taylor counties were given financial aid as they were declared disaster areas.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
In between 3 and 8 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours causing many streets across these counties to be under water. Larue, Casey and Taylor counties were given financial aid as they were declared disaster areas.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Garrard
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Garrard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.640, -84.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Larue
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Larue forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.546, -85.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Casey
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Casey forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 37.322, -84.928 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Green
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Green forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.264, -85.553 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lincoln
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.455, -84.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Marion
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.553, -85.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Taylor
- When
- March 1, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 37.367, -85.328 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, March 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
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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: 5596605, 5596771, 5596772, 5596773, 5596774, 5596775, 5596776, 5596777.