Kentucky, 2000

Flash Flood in Kentucky, January 3, 2000

January 3, 2000 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$10,000
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.

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:19 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, McCracken

When
January 3, 1:30 AM CST to 5:30 AM CST
Where
McCracken County, Barkley Arpt
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Repeated episodes of heavy rain from thunderstorms dumped up to an inch per hour during the pre-dawn hours. At the Paducah National Weather Service office, close to 4 inches of rain fell in about 4 hours. Creeks and streams rose very rapidly over their banks. In southern McCracken County, a vehicle caught in creek floodwaters was swept off the road. The driver was rescued from the creek by someone in the neighborhood. Flash flooding of Cross Creek, which runs through the city of Paducah, damaged fences and yards. A number of homes in Paducah were flooded, mainly in poor drainage areas.

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

More

Every storm in Kentucky in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 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: 5131975.