Flood in Ballard County, Kentucky

Late February flooding continued into early March along the Ohio River at Cairo. Minor flooding of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas occurred. River levels fell just below flood stage in the afternoon of the 1st.

A prolonged flooding event on the Green, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers, that began in the middle of February, continued into the first week of March. The Green River continued to see the worst flooding with moderate flooding continuing near Calhoun. Minor flooding mainly of bottomland continued at Paradise, Shawneetown, Olmsted, Cairo, and Hickman. Heavy rainfall in the middle of February was the cause of rising river levels which lowered just below flood stage at all sites in the first week of March.