Flood, Clark
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 37.971, -84.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kentucky, March 1, 1997
4 to 9 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours causing widespread flooding and/or flash flooding resulting in numerous water covered and closed roads, evacuations and rescues. Most of these counties were declared disaster areas and given federal assistance.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 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
- $5.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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.
4 to 9 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours causing widespread flooding and/or flash flooding resulting in numerous water covered and closed roads, evacuations and rescues. Most of these counties were declared disaster areas and given federal assistance. The exceptions were Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison and Marion. Many homes and businesses were effected during the flooding and flash flooding. Damage amounts include flooding and flash flooding totals over the 2 day period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
23 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Fayette
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.042, -84.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Franklin
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.239, -84.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Garrard
- When
- March 1, 6:00 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, Clinton
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.728, -85.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Cumberland
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.787, -85.388 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Edmonson
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Edmonson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.209, -86.239 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Grayson
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grayson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.461, -86.344 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Green
- When
- March 1, 6:00 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, Harrison
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.442, -84.331 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hart
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hart forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -85.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Jessamine
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jessamine forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.872, -84.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Larue
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Larue forecast zone
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Coordinates
- 37.546, -85.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lincoln
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.455, -84.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Logan
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.860, -86.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Madison
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -84.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Marion
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.553, -85.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Spencer
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spencer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $580,000
- Coordinates
- 38.033, -85.328 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Taylor
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.367, -85.328 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Trimble
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Trimble forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.613, -85.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Warren
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Coordinates
- 36.994, -86.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Washington
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $600,000
- Coordinates
- 37.753, -85.175 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Woodford
- When
- March 1, 6:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Woodford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.042, -84.744 (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
Every storm in Kentucky in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, March 1997
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: 5596812, 5596813, 5596814, 5596815, 5596816, 5596817, 5596818, 5596819, 5596820, 5596821, 5596822, 5596823, 5596824, 5596825, 5596826, 5596827, 5596828, 5596829, 5596830, 5596831, 5596832, 5596833, 5596834.