Flash Flood — Monroe, Kentucky

2018-08-17 · near Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky

Event narrative

Water was reported flowing over the roadway on Highway 100 East. The road was impassable.

Wider weather episode

Surface high pressure was centered over the Appalachian Mountains and a stacked low was over eastern Kansas. Weakly amplified mid-level flow funneled moisture up the Ohio River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico causing precipitable water values to go over 2 inches. This caused waves of heavy rainfall with some severe storm damage over multiple days in central Kentucky.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 782852. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.