Flood, Bourbon
- When
- January 7, 11:00 PM EST to January 8, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.207, -84.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kentucky, January 7 to 10, 1998
4 feet (flood stage is 35 feet) at 4 pm est January 10. Some minor agricultural bottom flooding resulted.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
The Rolling Fork of the Salt River at Boston crested at 36.4 feet (flood stage is 35 feet) at 4 pm est January 10. Some minor agricultural bottom flooding resulted. The Green River at Munfordville crested at 28.9 feet (flood stage is 28 feet) at 11 pm est on January 8. A city park was flooded. Minor cropland flooding resulted along the Licking River at Blue Licks Spring as the river crested at 26.5 feet (flood stage is 25 feet) at 11 pm est January 8. Finally, Stoner Creek at Paris crested at 19 feet (flood stage is 18 feet) at 3 am est on January 8. Only minor flooding resulted.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Nicholas
- When
- January 8, 3:00 AM EST to January 9, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.336, -84.015 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hart
- When
- January 8, 7:00 PM EST to January 9, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hart forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -85.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Nelson
- When
- January 9, 4:00 AM EST to January 10, 8:00 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
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, January 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, January 7 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Carolina, January 7 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm in New Hampshire, January 7 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, January 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 7, 1998
- Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, January 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 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: 5627660, 5627740, 5627741, 5627742.