Kentucky, 2006

Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 24, 2006

June 24, 2006 · NWS LMK · 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.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
$10,000
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 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.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 4:00 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006

.SHORT TERM UPDATE...
DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN
SC CLOUDS ACROSS NCNTRL KY...DURING THE PAST HOUR A BAND OF
RW- HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS A PORTION OF THE SAME REGION...THIS IS
FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED...SO WILL UPDATE TO REFLECT THESE
CHANGING CONDITIONS.

SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

MAIN FCST PROBLEM IS DEALING WITH THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OUR FA AND THE PCPN POTENTIAL
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOUNDARY. RUC AND NAM ARE THE MODEL DATA OF
CHOICE AND BOTH INDICATE AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE(20 TO 30 PCT) OF
DIURNAL TRW-. UNSTABLE AFTN LIS WITH GOOD 1000 TO 850 MB RH
AVAILABLE...SO WILL GO WITH CHC POPS SRN AND ERN PTNS OF FA TILL
THIS EVE.

A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH MAX AND MIN TEMPS TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO
THE CLOUD MIX...PREFER A BLEND OF MAV AND MET...THUS ONLY MINOR
TWEAKS WILL BE MADE TO THE CURRENT FCST TRENDS. --21

LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...

IN THE EARLIER PORTIONS OF THIS PERIOD WILL FOLLOW MORE TOWARDS THE
00Z WRF...THOUGH THE 00Z GFS IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT. HAVE USED A
BLEND AT MOST SITES. FROM TUESDAY ON...THE OPERATIONAL GFS HAS
STARTED TO TAKE AN OUTLIER STANCE...SLIGHTLY SKEWING THE NCEP
ENSEMBLE MEAN AS WELL...WILL BE TRANSITIONING FROM THE NCEP ENSEMBLE
MEAN SOLUTION TO THE 00Z ECMWF SOLUTION AROUND WEDNESDAY INTO THE
END OF THE WEEK...WITH SOME SUPPORT HERE FROM THE 00Z GGEM. EPO
STILL POSITIVE BUT TRENDING TOWARDS THE NEGATIVE THE NEXT
WEEK...MEANING NEAR NORMAL TEMPS MORE LIKELY THRU THE END OF THE
PERIOD INSTEAD OF ANY OUTBREAK OF HOTTER TEMPS...SOME HINTS AT A
POSSIBLE WARMING TREND BEFORE THE FOURTH OF JULY.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY...

SUNDAY FINDS THE AREA BETWEEN TWO SYSTEMS...ONE AN INVERTED TROUGH
EXTENDING ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APP MTNS AND ONE DROPPING
SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY. WE SHOULD REMAIN DRY DURING
THE DAY WITH THE MOST CLOUDS FOUND ACROSS THE FAR SE ZONES WHERE
SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE SHOULD RESIDE...HAVE THEREFORE REMOVED POPS
FOR SUNDAY.
ON MONDAY THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES INTO
THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP WITH THE STRONG LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. HAVE RAISED POPS
SLIGHTLY THOUGH STILL IN CHANCE CAT AND HAVE ALSO USED SCATTERED
WORDING AS I AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THE PRECIP WILL BE THERE YET
NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE IT. EACH DAY TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL.

TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THROUGH AXIS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY
TUESDAY...WITH RIDGING ON EITHER SIDE ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES AND
JUST OFF SHORE THE ATLC COAST. PATTERN PRETTY MUCH HOLDS AS IS WITH
SLIGHT EASTWARDS MOVEMENT BY THE WEEKEND. TUESDAY SHOULD FIND
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...DRYING WEDNESDAY...WITH ANOTHER
BOUNDARY NEAR BY THURSDAY WILL ADD LOW CHC POPS THERE...AND DRYING
OUT FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS SHOULD BE FOUND
THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...THOUGH IF HEAT RIDGE CAN PUSH EAST
SOME AFTER THE WEEKEND THEN WARMER THAN NORMAL MAY OCCUR AROUND THE
FIRST OF NEXT MONTH...BUT NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON THIS AS OF YET. THE
LAST TIME THIS SETUP OCCURRED IT TOOK NEARLY 10 TO 14 DAYS FOR IT TO
REACH THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CONUS.--SCHOTT

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

JSD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:30 AM EST, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
430 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-250845-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
430 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EAST OF A LINE FROM
GEORGETOWN KENTUCKY TO RUSSELLVILLE KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH ANY
STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL AGAIN
BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS ANOTHER BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

SCHOTT

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Nicholas

When
June 24, 4:00 AM EST to 6:30 AM EST
Where
Nicholas County, East Union
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
38.336, -84.015 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Unspecified crop damage was reported. Two cars were flooded by high water. Burns road was flooded. No homes were damaged and no injuries were reported. Public reported four to five inches of rainfall.

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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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: 5511139.