Flood — Mclean, Kentucky

2025-03-01 to 2025-03-04 · near Poverty, Mclean, Kentucky

Event narrative

Late February flooding continued into early March along the Green River at Calhoun. Moderate flooding continued through the early afternoon of the 2nd when the river fell below the moderate flood stage of 26'. Thousands of acres remained underwater in the Calhoun, Rumsey, Island, and Jewel City areas, Minor flooding mainly of bottomland then continued until the morning of the 4th when the river fell just below flood stage.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1240622. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.