Kentucky, 2024Flood in Kentucky, January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Moderate to heavy rainfall moved through Western Kentucky during the morning hours on the 12th as a strong low pressure system moved northeastward. Localized minor flooding of flood prone areas occurred.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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Moderate to heavy rainfall moved through Western Kentucky during the morning hours on the 12th as a strong low pressure system moved northeastward. Localized minor flooding of flood prone areas occurred.
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 Jan 12, 5:27 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 5:27 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 12, 2:20 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Flood, Calloway
- When
- January 12, 8:15 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calloway County, 1.88 mi SSW of Copeland to 1.95 mi SSW of Copeland
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 36.706, -88.415
Water was over Cavitt Rd in Kirksey.
- 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.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Wisconsin, January 12 to 17, 20244 deaths · 28 events
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, January 12 to 16, 202424 injured · 30 events
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Illinois, January 12 to 14, 20241 death · 50 kt wind · 41 events
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, January 12 to 16, 20241 death · 26 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, January 12 to 14, 2024$282,000 · 50 kt wind · 51 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 20243 injured · $555,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2024$394,000 · 20 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 12, 2024$230,000 · 65 kt wind · 29 events
- Winter Storm and High Wind in New York, January 12 to 15, 2024$180,000 · 59 kt wind · 24 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Tennessee, January 12, 2024$180,000 · 55 kt wind · 6 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, January 12 to 13, 2024$160,000 · 51 kt wind · 6 events
- High Wind in Ohio, January 12 to 13, 2024$110,000 · 56 kt wind · 9 events
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: 1157106.