Flash Flood — Nicholas, Kentucky

2019-08-07 · near Carlisle, Nicholas, Kentucky

Event narrative

Water was flowing over Moorefield Road and East Union Road.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 847123. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.