Flash Flood, McCracken
- When
- April 3, 4:45 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- McCracken County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kentucky, April 3, 1999
5 inches of rain in an hour. 5 inches of rain fell in less than one hour.
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 PAH wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced up to 2.5 inches of rain in an hour. At the Paducah National Weather Service office, over 1.5 inches of rain fell in less than one hour. The heaviest rain, around 2 inches per hour, fell in a narrow swath from southeast Ballard County through western and northern McCracken County and eastern Massac County to northern Livingston County. This resulted in flash flooding of a few roads and low-lying areas.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Ballard
- When
- April 3, 4:45 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ballard County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Livingston
- When
- April 3, 5:00 AM CST to 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (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
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Missouri, April 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, April 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 3 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, April 3, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 1999
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: 5693241, 5693242, 5693243.