Flash Flood — Marion, Kentucky

2021-07-16 · near St Mary, Marion, Kentucky

Event narrative

Highway 49 near Arthur Mattingly Road was impassable due to high water.

Wider weather episode

South of a slow moving front across Illinois and Indiana, scattered convection initiated across central Kentucky in the warm sector. A few of the stronger storms caused scattered wind damage, isolated flash flooding, and a fire caused by lightning.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 975708. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.