Flood, Mason
- When
- February 20, 12:30 PM EST to February 23, 6:30 AM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.595, -83.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Kentucky, February 20 to 23, 2000
Heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River at Maysville to exceed flood stage. 9 feet at 11pm on the 21st.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 1
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 ILN wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River at Maysville to exceed flood stage. The river crested at 52.9 feet at 11pm on the 21st. Flood stage is 50 feet. The effects were limited to backwater flooding in creeks that feed into the river and minor flooding at the Huntington Park Power Plant.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in Ohio, February 20 to 22, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 20, 2000
- Flood in Ohio, February 20 to 23, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 20 to 26, 2000
- High Surf in California, February 20 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 20 to 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2000
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: 5134940.