Flood — Marshall, Kentucky

2020-02-12 to 2020-02-26 · near Gilbertsville Arpt, Marshall, Kentucky

Event narrative

Flooding of the Tennessee River resulted in one fatality. A 37-year-old female walked into a flooded area while she was trying to reach a friend on a towboat on the water. The victim was swept off a normally dry walkway leading to the towboat. Fields, woods, and a few access roads in river bottomlands were flooded.

Wider weather episode

Flooding occurred on the Tennessee River due to a combination of backwater from the flooded Ohio River and increased releases from Kentucky Dam.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 872925. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.