Flood — Ballard, Kentucky

2024-09-27 · near Hinkleville, Ballard, Kentucky

Event narrative

Several inches of water covered Ceredo Rd in Ballard County. Hourly rainfall rates were around half to three quarters inch an hour the preceding two hours. At this point in the day, 2-3 inches of rain had fallen. Additional rain later in the day fell at low enough rates to keep flooding issues from worsening.

Wider weather episode

The remnants of Hurricane Helene made their way through the Quad State region with heavy rainfall in Western Kentucky of 4 to 6 inches with the highest totals near 6.5 inches in West Paducah and in Crittenden County. Despite the high rainfall totals, hourly rainfall rates remained low enough to keep flooding issues minor. Several strong wind gusts of 40+ mph were observed and tree damage was reported as saturated soils made trees more susceptible. Paducah also observed their lowest September pressure reading of 992.8 mb, 3.1 mb lower than the old record of 995.9mb from Hurricane Ike in 2008.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1215966. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.