Flood, Bourbon
- When
- February 12, 4:00 AM EST to February 13, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.207, -84.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kentucky, February 12 to 14, 1998
2 feet (flood stage is 18 feet) at 6 pm est on January 12. 0 feet (flood stage is 35 feet) at 6 pm est on January 13.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Stoner Creek at Paris had minor flooding cresting at 19.2 feet (flood stage is 18 feet) at 6 pm est on January 12. The Rolling Fork of the Salt River crested at 36.0 feet (flood stage is 35 feet) at 6 pm est on January 13. This resulted in minor flooding with agricultural bottomland under water. Finally, the Licking River at Blue Lick Springs crested at 26.3 feet (flood stage is 25 feet) at 445 pm est on January 12 resulting in minor agricultural bottomland flooding.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Nicholas
- When
- February 12, 8:00 AM EST to February 13, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.336, -84.015 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Nelson
- When
- February 12, 11:00 PM EST to February 14, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Nelson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.805, -85.466 (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
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in New York, February 12, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 17, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 12 to 23, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 1998
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: 5631652, 5631654, 5631653.