Flash Flood, Laurel
- When
- September 17, 5:30 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Laurel County, Victory
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.111, -84.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kentucky, September 17, 2004
Water reported running through a home off Highway 490 in Victory.
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
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 JKL wrote it up.
Water reported running through a home off Highway 490 in Victory.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 3:59 PM EST, 13 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 459 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 KYZ080-084>088-107-109-110-112>120-171100- BELL KY-BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-FLOYD KY-HARLAN KY-JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY- KNOX KY-LAUREL KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY- MCCREARY KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-PIKE KY-WHITLEY KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...BOONEVILLE...HARLAN... HAZARD...HINDMAN...HYDEN...INEZ...JACKSON...LONDON...MANCHESTER... MIDDLESBORO...PAINTSVILLE...PIKEVILLE...PINEVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... SALYERSVILLE...WHITESBURG...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 459 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN TRACK INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. AREA LAKES MAY SEE WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE EASTERN KENTUCKY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AND A RISK OF RIVER FLOODING FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AREA LAKES MAY SEE WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH 9 PM EDT FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE...INCLUDING REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ROAD CLOSURES...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING MATERIALIZE DURING THE PERIOD OF THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-108-111-171100- BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-FLEMING KY-JACKSON KY-LEE KY-MENIFEE KY- MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY- WAYNE KY-WOLFE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTYVILLE...CAMPTON...FLEMINGSBURG... FRENCHBURG...IRVINE...MCKEE...MONTICELLO...MOREHEAD... MOUNT STERLING...MOUNT VERNON...OWINGSVILLE...SANDY HOOK... SOMERSET...STANTON AND WEST LIBERTY 459 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN APPROACH SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE EASTERN KENTUCKY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AND A RISK OF RIVER FLOODING FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE...INCLUDING REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ROAD CLOSURES...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING MATERIALIZE DURING THE PERIOD OF THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. DUSTY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in Pennsylvania, September 17 to 19, 2004
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 17 to 19, 2004
- Tornadoes in Virginia, September 17, 2004
- Flooding in West Virginia, September 17 to 21, 2004
- Tornadoes in Virginia, September 17, 2004
- Flood in Ohio, September 17 to 20, 2004
- Flood in West Virginia, September 17 to 20, 2004
- Tornadoes in West Virginia, September 17, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, September 17 to 20, 2004
- Tornadoes in Maryland, September 17 to 18, 2004
- Flood in West Virginia, September 17 to 20, 2004
- Flood in West Virginia, September 17 to 19, 2004
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, September 2004
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: 5422093.