Flood — Simpson, Kentucky

2019-03-04 · near Schweizer, Simpson, Kentucky

Event narrative

At approximately 9:00 pm CST on March 4, a male driver drove around a barricade before driving his car into standing water over the roadway. He called his girlfriend frantically stating he was in a river. That was the last anyone heard from him. His cell phone last pinged at 9:00 pm CST at a location just west of Interstate 65 north of the Tennessee border. The air temperature at the time was 19 degrees Fahrenheit.

His vehicle was found the next morning, and his body was found on Thursday March 7 a short distance from where his vehicle was found.

Wider weather episode

During a cold night with ongoing flooding from previous rains, a man died after driving his car around barricades and entering flood waters. The National Weather Service had messaged the flooding conditions for over a week prior to this event.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 813465. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.