Flash Flood in Nicholas County, Kentucky

Flash Flood August 7, 2019 · Nicholas County, Kentucky

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Water was flowing over Moorefield Road and East Union Road.

The wider storm

Surface high pressure was over the upper Mid-west while a cold front extended through central Indiana to southwest through Missouri. In the mid and upper levels, northwest flow prevailed over southern Indiana and central Kentucky. Ahead of the cold front, a line of storms began with the heating of the day. This line traveled south as it intensified, becoming a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) which produced large severe hail in southern Indiana and hail and damaging winds in central Kentucky.

Began near Carlisle (38.3126, -84.0227).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 847123. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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