Flash Flood in Greenup County, Kentucky

Several instances of flash flooding occurred from Lloyd up to South Shore. Lower White Oak, Flat Hollow, Buck Hollow and Billups Fork Road were heavily affected with washouts. Some homes were flooded and multiple trees and powerlines were down due to landslides.

A mainly stationary front sprawled across southeast Ohio and West Virginia on the 26th and 27th of May, then a cold front arrived and sank down through the middle Ohio Valley and central Appalachians. This second front exited to the south by mid day on the 28th. Precipitation spread north across the area on the 26th, then additional rounds of rain and storms continued to traverse the area through the 27th.

With soils already saturated from previous rainfall, the additional one to three inches of rain that fell over northeast Kentucky prompted more flooded roads in Greenup and minor flooding on portions of Tygarts Creek.