Flood — Letcher, Kentucky

2025-05-13 · near Polly, Letcher, Kentucky

Event narrative

The Letcher County Emergency Manager reported that Camp Branch was out of its banks, causing several inches of water to be flowing over Hwy-931.

Wider weather episode

With high pressure exiting to the east of the state, a weak low pressure system started to form to our southwest, slowly moving northeast, making it through western KY between 18 and 21Z. This was accompanied by a closed upper level low, which was allowing for strong advection of warm and especially moist air into the region, focused across the east part of Kentucky. The result was showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rain in some areas, including Estill and Letcher counties, which saw some isolated flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292954. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.