Flood — Graves, Kentucky

2025-01-30 · near Hickory, Graves, Kentucky

Event narrative

A few inches of water covered the right lane of US-45 southbound approximately a mile north of the I-69 interchange. Approximately 2.5 inches of rainfall had fallen in this area at 1745CST when road flooding was reported with half to three quarters of an inch of additional rainfall during the evening.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system pushing northeastward through the Quad State region brought moderate to heavy rain to Western Kentucky for the midday through evening hours. Flash flood and areal flood issues developed late afternoon to early evening in the Purchase Area and Southern Pennyrile where widespread 3 to 4 inch storm total precipitation observations occurred. A water rescue occurred near the Graves/Hickman County line and several vehicles were stranded on Hopkins Rd in Calloway County. CAPE was limited to a couple hundred J/kg. Frontogenesis was oriented west-east across Western Kentucky and precipitable water values were 1.25 to 1.5 inches. River flooding occurred on the S Fork Little River and on the Green River as a result of this heavy rain event.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229920. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.