Flood — Hopkins, Kentucky

2024-12-18 · near Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky

Event narrative

Flooding was reported on McCoy Street, as brief torrential rainfall occurred with a fast-moving line of thunderstorms.

Wider weather episode

As a strong storm system approached, two lines of thunderstorms moved eastward through west Kentucky late on the 17th and early on the 18th. Torrential rainfall from the second line of storms produced some street flooding in Madisonville around 4 AM CST on the 18th. Previously, that line of storms produced estimated wind gusts up to 55 mph in Mayfield at 312 AM CST. The two rounds of thunderstorms, combined with heavy rainfall from the previous few days, helped to produce minor flooding of agricultural areas along the Green River near Paradise. The flooding began in the evening of the 18th and came to an end on the afternoon of the 22nd.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226446. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.