Winter Storm and Flood in Kentucky, February 20 to 25, 2015

Name: Winter Storm and Flood in Kentucky, February 20 to 25, 2015
Start: 2015-02-20T14:00
End: 2015-02-25T23:30
Location: Kentucky

February 20 to 25, 2015 · NWS PAH · 27 events in 22 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 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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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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.

A winter storm brought hazardous conditions to western Kentucky. South of the Henderson/Owensboro area, the precipitation type was primarily heavy sleet and snow at the beginning of the storm, then freezing rain became the primary precipitation type. One-half to one inch of sleet and snow accumulated rather quickly, followed by around one-quarter inch of ice. In the Henderson/Owensboro area, a little sleet occurred at the onset, followed by around one-quarter inch of ice. Roads became slick and very hazardous region-wide. Numerous accidents were reported. In Henderson, a police officer was injured in a vehicle crash. The officer's vehicle spun out of control on ice and went into oncoming traffic. His car was struck by another vehicle. The officer was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Seven other accidents were reported within the city. Just west of Paducah on Highway 358, one person was injured in a rollover accident. The driver was transported to a local hospital for treatment. In Benton, nobody was hurt when a minivan slid off an icy road and overturned in a creek. All three occupants were freed from the vehicle by breaking out the back window. In western Marshall County on U.S. Highway 68, one person was killed (indirect fatality) when his ATV slid out of control on ice and struck an SUV head-on. A passenger in the SUV was injured. Numerous accidents occurred on Interstate 24 near Calvert City, as well as U.S. Highway 51 in the Fulton area. Due to the ice, isolated power outages occurred due to small branches falling on power lines. In downtown Mayfield, the accumulated weight of snow and ice from successive winter storms caused a partial roof collapse. Several east-to-west bands of light to locally moderate precipitation advanced slowly northward in response to the arrival of warm, moist air in the low levels. Strengthening of a southerly low level jet occurred ahead of a 500 mb shortwave impulse emerging out of the central Plains. Convective enhancement of precipitation rates was observed, including heavy thundersleet west of the Mississippi River. After the precipitation changed to rain, the combination of snowmelt and rainfall produced localized street flooding. Most of the street flooding was in urban areas, such as Owensboro and Hopkinsville.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 20, 11:52 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 11:52 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1152 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1151 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE 18Z TAF ISSUANCE.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 1100 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

ALREADY GETTING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SEE NO REASON WHY PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL
TREND COLDER THROUGH THE DAY...SO TRIED TO PUSH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA A BIT FASTER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN QUITE SHOWERY OVER SOUTHWEST PORTIONS
OF THE AREA...AND THE HRRR AND WRF RUNS INDICATE THAT THAT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES TO
HEADLINES AT THIS TIME.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 755 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS AND LATEST
SHORT TERM MODEL DATA. THOUGH SOME MEASURABLE PCPN MAY FALL MAINLY
WEST OF THE MS RIVER IN THE MORNING...MOST OF THE PCPN WILL
PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY.

ALSO UPDATED THE AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 430 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

SO FAR...THE DEVELOPING WARM ADVECTION PATTERN DEVELOPING OVER THE
PAH FORECAST AREA HAS YIELDED MID CLOUDINESS AND NOTHING
MEASURABLE AT THE GROUND. HOWEVER...THAT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THE PCPN
WILL START OUT AS SNOW...WITH SLEET INCREASINGLY MIXED IN MAINLY WEST
OF THE MS RIVER.

THE MOST INTERESTING TIME FRAME WILL BE THIS EVENING...WHEN WARM
AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN ALOFT. HOW MUCH DEPENDS ON WHICH MODEL
YOU BELIEVE. THE NAM HAD A MORE PRONOUNCED WARM TONGUE...BUT ALSO
COLDER SFC TEMPS THAN THE GFS...FOR EXAMPLE. SFC TEMP GRIDS WERE
BASED ON A BLEND OF MODEL DATA...AND THE FORECAST PCPN-TYPE WAS
BASED ON A COMPROMISE MAINLY BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE NAM. IT IS
BELIEVED THAT PCPN LOADING WILL PLAY A PART IN WARMING TEMPS
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING.

AT THIS TIME...IN THE EVENING...AS THE SNOWFALL IS GRADUALLY
REPLACED BY A WINTRY MIX...IT APPEARS THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR FREEZING RAIN...AND ICE ACCRETION...WILL BE RATHER NARROW.
EXCEPT FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-64...A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN IS
FORECAST IN THE EVENING ONLY. NORTH OF I-64...TIMING SHOULD BE
DELAYED UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AS A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE REGION ON
SAT...ALL RAIN SHOULD BE UNDERWAY AFTER DAYBREAK...WITH A
POSSIBILITY OF SOME HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS ROUGHLY THE SRN
THIRD OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. PCPN WILL COME TO A RAPID END SAT NIGHT...WITH A
POSSIBLE WINTRY MIX FOR WRN KY LATE BEFORE DAYBREAK AS TEMPS CRASH
AGAIN BELOW FREEZING.

TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY
BETWEEN 1/2 INCH AND 2 INCHES.

THE MOST ICE ACCRETION SHOULD OCCUR NEAR THE TN STATE LINE...UP TO
AROUND 0.10 INCH...SOMEWHAT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE SRN HALF OF
SERN MO AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF KY...AND MAYBE A HUNDREDTH OF AN
INCH POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 430 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

LITTLE TO NO CHANGE TO THE UPPER AIR PATTERN IN THE LONG TERM.
PERSISTENT RIDGE OVER THE PACIFIC OFF THE WEST COAST AND LOW CENTERS
FROM GREENLAND TO HUDSON BAY WILL KEEP BROAD TROF AND LOW HEIGHTS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE ROCKIES. MAINLY DRY
WEATHER IS FORECAST WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. TWO MINOR
SYSTEMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA...ONE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SECOND
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ONLY HAVE SLIGHT CHANCES IN FOR
THURSDAY AT THIS TIME FOR LIGHT SNOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 1151 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

THE FORECAST IS STILL ON TRACK WITH A RAPID WARMING TREND EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. ALL TAFS SHOULD SEE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE TRANSITIONING FROM SLEET/SNOW TO
FREEZING AND EVENTUALLY ALL RAIN BY 06Z. LOW CONFIDENCE ON WINDS
WITH A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING NORTHEAST RIGHT ACROSS THE
TERMINALS. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME SOUTHERLY GUSTS TONIGHT.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR ILZ075>078-
     080>094.

MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR MOZ076-086-
     087-100-107>112-114.

IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR INZ081-082-
     085>088.

KY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR KYZ001>022.

&&

UPDATE...DRS
SHORT TERM...DB
LONG TERM...CN
AVIATION...DRS

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 5:08 AM CST, 8 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-211100-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
508 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS
THE REGION. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
DETAILS. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE BETWEEN ZERO AND -10 DEGREES
THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND
THE PENNYRILE REGION OF KENTUCKY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME FLOODING ISSUES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS
THE RAINS FALL ON EXISTING SNOW COVER. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT SATURDAY MAINLY NEAR THE ARKANSAS
TENNESSEE BORDERS. WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO -10 DEGREES ARE FORECAST
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPE AND ANY
ACCUMULATIONS AND OTHER IMPACTS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:23 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
123 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     SLEET            5 W POPLAR BLUFF        36.76N 90.50W
02/20/2015  U0.00 INCH       BUTLER             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VERY HEAVY SLEET REPORTED WEST OF THE COMMUNITY.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:28 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
128 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     SNOW             MURRAY                  36.61N 88.32W
02/20/2015  U0.0 INCH        CALLOWAY           KY   PUBLIC

            SNOW COMING DOWN WITH ROADS BECOMING SLICK. SNOW
            BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:35 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
135 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0134 PM     SLEET            POPLAR BLUFF            36.76N 90.41W
02/20/2015  U0.00 INCH       BUTLER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            VERY HEAVY SLEET OCCURRING. ALL STREETS IN THE COMMUNITY
            ARE SLICK AND BECOMING HAZARDOUS.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:36 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
136 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0134 PM     FREEZING RAIN    7 NW POPLAR BLUFF       36.84N 90.50W
02/20/2015  M0.10 INCH       BUTLER             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION WITH HEAVY SLEET FALLING NOW.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:53 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
153 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0151 PM     SLEET            5 W POPLAR BLUFF        36.76N 90.50W
02/20/2015  U0.00 INCH       BUTLER             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THUNDER WITH SLEET REPORTED. SPOTTER STATED IT IS THE
            LARGEST SLEET PELLETS EVER SEEN.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:57 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
157 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0156 PM     SLEET            POPLAR BLUFF            36.76N 90.41W
02/20/2015  U0.00 INCH       BUTLER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THUNDER WITH SLEET REPORTED. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED
            THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

&&

SMITTY

The radar

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Event by event

22 winter storm, 4 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Ballard

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Ballard forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Carlisle

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hickman

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Hickman forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Fulton

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Graves

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Graves forecast zone
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, McCracken

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: McCracken forecast zone
Injuries: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Marshall

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Injuries: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Calloway

When: February 20, 2:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Calloway forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Livingston

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Crittenden

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lyon

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Caldwell

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Trigg

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Trigg forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Christian

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Christian forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Todd

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Muhlenberg

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hopkins

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, McLean

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: McLean forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Webster

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Union

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Henderson

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Injuries: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Daviess

When: February 20, 4:00 PM CST to February 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Daviess

When: February 21, 9:46 AM CST to 1:30 PM CST
Where: Daviess County, Owensboro
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.770, -87.120

Standing water was reported on several streets.

Heavy Rain, Christian

When: February 21, 10:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Christian County, Hopkinsville to Oak Grove
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 36.850, -87.480

High water was reported on several roads that are flood-prone due to poor drainage. Small rivers and creeks crested near bankful. A Cocorahs weather observer near Oak Grove measured 3.75 inches for the storm total. This included some melted sleet and ice.

Heavy Rain, Todd

When: February 21, 11:16 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Todd County, Trenton to Guthrie
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 36.720, -87.270

Water was ponding on a roadway in Trenton. A Cocorahs weather observer in Guthrie measured a storm-total precipitation amount of 3.34 inches. This included some melted sleet and ice.

Heavy Rain, Calloway

When: February 21, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Calloway County, Murray
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.620, -88.320

A co-operative observer reported 3.30 inches of precipitation in the past 24 hours. This included the liquid equivalent of some sleet, snow, and freezing rain.

Flood, Muhlenberg

When: February 23, 11:00 AM CST to February 25, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Muhlenberg County, 0.49 mi S of Paradise to 0.42 mi NW of Paradise
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Reported by: River/Stream Gage
Coordinates: 37.263, -86.980

Minor flooding occurred along the Green River. Some low-lying woodlands and fields near the river were flooded.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Winter Storm, Marshall	2015-02-20	21	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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

Every storm in Kentucky in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, February 2015

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: 559076, 559077, 559078, 559079, 559080, 559081, 559082, 559083, 559084, 559085, 559086, 559087, 559088, 559089, 559090, 559091, 559092, 559093, 559094, 559095, 559096, 559097, 559808, 559814, 559811, 559806, 559943.