Flash Flood, McCracken
- When
- July 30, 6:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 30, 1998
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over parts of far west Kentucky. 5 inches in one hour.
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
- $90,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over parts of far west Kentucky. Rainfall rates at the National Weather Service in Paducah were close to 2.5 inches in one hour. Flooding occurred in the terminal building at Barkley Regional Airport. Water covered parts of U.S. Highway 60 near Barkley Airport. Culverts and streets were overflowing in Marshall County. Numerous roads were under water in Fulton County.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
Event by event
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Fulton
- When
- July 30, 6:30 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Marshall
- When
- July 30, 6:30 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Calloway
- When
- July 30, 6:30 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calloway County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, July 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, July 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 30, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 30, 1998
- Tornado and Flood in Maryland, July 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, July 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 30, 1998
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 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: 5661751, 5661752, 5661753, 5661754.