Flash Flood, Christian
- When
- May 24, 6:25 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County, Hopkinsville
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 24, 2000
Thunderstorms repeatedly developed over northeast Trigg County and moved southeast across the Hopkinsville area and then southern Todd County. Storms followed this track for a few hours, producing excessive rainfall totals of locally over 5 inches.
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
- $25,000
- 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 repeatedly developed over northeast Trigg County and moved southeast across the Hopkinsville area and then southern Todd County. Storms followed this track for a few hours, producing excessive rainfall totals of locally over 5 inches. A Hopkinsville television station measured 6.5 inches of rain in only three hours. Widespread street flooding occurred in Hopkinsville, slowing or stopping traffic. A vehicle was reported floating down 9th Street. Numerous roads were closed across Christian and Todd Counties. A co-operative observer in northeast Trigg County reported over an inch of rain in less than 20 minutes.
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, Trigg
- When
- May 24, 6:40 PM CST to 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Trigg County, Cerulean
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Todd
- When
- May 24, 6:45 PM CST to 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County, Trenton
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (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
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- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 24 to 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 24, 2000
More
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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: 5145215, 5145217, 5145216.