Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 29, 1:48 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Lexington
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -84.500
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 29, 1998
Bluegrass Airport and several other locations across Lexington reported trees down. Numerous streets were water covered as well.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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.
Bluegrass Airport and several other locations across Lexington reported trees down. Numerous streets were water covered as well. Several major roads including Richmond Road and New Circle Road were inundated with up to 2 feet of water.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Fayette
- When
- June 29, 2:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Lexington
- Coordinates
- 38.042, -84.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 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: 5640751, 5640752.