Flood, Perry
- When
- March 3, 1:00 PM EST to March 4, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Property damage
- $190,000
- Coordinates
- 37.244, -83.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 4, 1997
Flooding occurred along the Kentucky River, and the South and North Fork of the Kentucky River. Some businesses and homes in Hazard were affected.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Flooding occurred along the Kentucky River, and the South and North Fork of the Kentucky River. Some businesses and homes in Hazard were affected.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Breathitt
- When
- March 3, 1:00 PM EST to March 4, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Breathitt forecast zone
- Property damage
- $180,000
- Coordinates
- 37.522, -83.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Owsley
- When
- March 3, 1:00 PM EST to March 4, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Owsley forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 37.419, -83.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lee
- When
- March 3, 1:00 PM EST to March 4, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 37.595, -83.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Estill
- When
- March 3, 1:00 PM EST to March 4, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Estill forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 37.693, -83.964 (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
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 3 to 4, 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: 5594468, 5594469, 5594470, 5594471, 5594472.