Kentucky
From DFO – Flood Observatory
Kentucky
- SubdivisionCategory: state
- M49: 840
- Code31662: US-KY
Recorded floods for Kentucky
Total number of flood events: 59
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| ﹟ | Glide ﹟ | Start Date | End Date | Country | State | Area (km²) | Source | Main Cause | Fatalities | Displaced | Severity | Flood impact index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ﹟ | Glide ﹟ | Start Date | End Date | Country | State | Area (km²) | Source | Main Cause | Fatalities | Displaced | Severity | Flood impact index |
| 5368 | 2023-02-16 | 2023-02-17 | United States of America | West Virginia • Kentucky | 62,552 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.1 | |
| 5253 | 2022-07-27 | 2022-07-29 | United States of America | Kentucky | 68,000 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 15 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | |
| 5081 | 2021-06-19 | 2021-06-21 | United States of America | Louisiana • Mississippi • Florida • Alabama • Georgia • South Carolina • North Carolina • Kentucky • Tennessee | 545,514 | FloodList | 15 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 5044 | 2021-02-28 | 2021-03-02 | United States of America | Tennessee • West Virginia • Virginia • Kentucky | 99,258 | FloodList | Torrential rain | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.6 | |
| 4899 | 2020-03-22 | 2020-04-03 | United States of America | Indiana • West Virginia • Kentucky • Ohio | 126,521 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 8 | 30 | 1.5 | 6.4 | |
| 4854 | 2019-12-28 | 2019-12-31 | United States of America | Tennessee • Alabama • Kentucky | 138,727 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.9 | |
| 4594 | 2018-04-03 | 2018-04-08 | United States of America | Kentucky • Illinois • Indiana | 58,373 | FloodList | Torrential rain | 0 | 12 | 1.5 | 5.7 | |
| 4571 | 2018-02-10 | 2018-02-12 | United States of America | Kentucky • Tennessee | 49,388 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 100 | 1.0 | 5.2 | |
| 4494 | 2017-07-22 | 2017-07-23 | United States of America | Kentucky | 3,337 | News | Torrential rain | 1 | 10 | 1.5 | 4.0 | |
| 4477 | 2017-05-19 | 2017-05-21 | United States of America | Tennessee • Kentucky • Indiana • Illinois | 69,078 | News | Torrential rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | |
| 4468 | 2017-04-28 | 2017-05-02 | United States of America | Indiana • Missouri • Kentucky • Illinois • Kansas • Oklahoma • Arkansas | 482,099 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.6 | |
| 4314 | 2015-12-15 | 2016-01-29 | United States of America | Mississippi • Alabama • Louisiana • Arkansas • Missouri • Tennessee • Kentucky • Kansas • Illinois • Indiana | 526,835 | News | Heavy rain | 31 | 4,000 | 2.0 | 7.7 | |
| 4274 | 2015-07-18 | 2015-07-21 | United States of America | Ohio • Kentucky • West Virginia | 44,261 | News | Torrential rain | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.4 | |
| 4267 | 2015-06-27 | 2015-06-29 | United States of America | Michigan • Indiana • Kentucky • Ohio • Tennessee | 161,573 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.7 | |
| 4230 | 2015-03-10 | 2015-03-23 | United States of America | Kentucky • Tennessee | 56,870 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.1 | |
| 4115 | 2013-12-22 | 2014-01-04 | United States of America | Kentucky | 16,070 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.4 | |
| 4050 | 2013-04-22 | 2013-04-29 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois • Missouri • Iowa • Kentucky • Ohio • Arkansas • Tennessee | 493,137 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 300 | 1.5 | 6.8 | |
| 3809 | 2011-05-01 | 2011-06-09 | United States of America | Louisiana • Mississippi • Arkansas • Tennessee • Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Kentucky | 239,421 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 25,000 | 2.0 | 7.3 | |
| 3802 | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-25 | United States of America | West Virginia • Virginia • Kentucky • Tennessee • Missouri • Indiana • Illinois • Ohio • Pennsylvania | 211,221 | News | Torrential rain | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.2 | |
| 3785 | 2011-03-07 | 2011-03-28 | United States of America | Louisiana • Mississippi • Alabama • Georgia • Tennessee • West Virginia • Virginia • Kentucky • Ohio • Indiana • Illinois • Missouri • Iowa • Minnesota • South Dakota • Wisconsin • Pennsylvania • Vermont • New York • New Hampshire • Maine • Massachusetts • Rhode Island | 1,163,517 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.6 | |
| 3641 | 2010-05-01 | 2010-05-04 | United States of America | Kentucky • Tennessee | 79,124 | 0 | Heavy rain | 30 | 8,000 | 1.0 | 5.5 | |
| 3625 | 2010-03-10 | 2010-03-24 | United States of America | South Dakota • Nebraska • Kansas • Iowa • Missouri • Illinois • Kentucky • Indiana • Ohio • West Virginia • Virginia • New York • Pennsylvania • Maryland • New Jersey • Rhode Island • Massachusetts • Connecticut | 1,015,176 | 0 | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.2 | |
| 3525 | 2009-08-04 | 2009-08-05 | United States of America | Kentucky | 6,535 | 0 | Torrential rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.1 | |
| 3379 | 2008-09-12 | 2008-09-16 | United States of America | Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Arkansas • Oklahoma • Texas • Tennessee | 652,501 | News | 8 | 200,000 | 1.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 3313 | 2008-05-24 | 2008-06-05 | United States of America | Arkansas • Missouri • Illinois • Tennessee • Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky | 337,703 | News | Heavy rain | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.6 | |
| 3285 | 2008-03-17 | 2008-05-02 | United States of America | Texas • Oklahoma • Arkansas • Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • Missouri • Iowa • Illinois • Indiana • Ohio • Wisconsin • Kentucky | 928,710 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 18 | 1,000 | 1.5 | 7.8 | |
| 3020 | 2007-01-15 | 2007-02-03 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois • Kentucky • Missouri • Mississippi • Tennessee • Louisiana • Texas • Arkansas | 434,387 | News | Heavy rain | 24 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 | |
| 2966 | 2006-09-22 | 2006-09-26 | United States of America | Arkansas • Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky • Tennessee | 146,006 | News | Heavy rain | 13 | 600 | 1.0 | 5.9 | |
| 2871 | 2006-05-25 | 2006-05-28 | United States of America | Illinois • Kentucky • Tennessee | 17,036 | News | Torrential rain | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 | |
| 2818 | 2006-03-12 | 2006-03-22 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky | 6,790 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | |
| 2606 | 2005-01-05 | 2005-02-01 | United States of America | Pennsylvania • Ohio • Indiana • Illinois • Missouri • Arkansas • Tennessee • Kentucky • West Virginia | 285,909 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 4,000 | 2.0 | 7.2 | |
| 2597 | 2004-12-07 | 2004-12-20 | United States of America | Illinois • Kentucky • Missouri • Tennessee • Arkansas • Mississippi • Louisiana | 263,934 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.6 | |
| 2562 | 2004-09-08 | 2004-09-21 | United States of America | New York • Pennsylvania • West Virginia • Maryland • Kentucky • Tennessee • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia • Florida | 363,511 | News | Tropical cyclone | 100 | 20,000 | 2.0 | 7.0 | |
| 2488 | 2004-05-27 | 2004-06-01 | United States of America | Kentucky | 59,888 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| 2446 | 2004-03-05 | 2004-03-07 | United States of America | Kentucky | 70,497 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | |
| 2412 | 2004-01-04 | 2004-01-16 | United States of America | West Virginia • Indiana • Illinois • Kentucky • Ohio | 167,998 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 60 | 1.0 | 6.3 | |
| 2388 | 2003-11-19 | 2003-11-22 | United States of America | West Virginia • Pennsylvania • Ohio • Kentucky • Tennessee • North Carolina • Virginia • District of Columbia • Maryland | 213,998 | News | Heavy rain | 9 | 250 | 2.0 | 6.2 | |
| 2325 | 2003-08-22 | 2003-08-22 | United States of America | Kentucky | 10,537 | News | Torrential rain | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2273 | 2003-07-05 | 2003-07-21 | United States of America | Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky • Illinois | 150,550 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 1,200 | 2.0 | 6.7 | |
| 2253 | 2003-06-13 | 2003-06-19 | United States of America | West Virginia • Kentucky • Ohio | 60,615 | News | Heavy rain | 7 | 1,500 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| 2225 | 2003-05-06 | 2003-05-14 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky • Illinois • Tennessee • South Carolina • Georgia • Alabama • Mississippi | 313,673 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 2,000 | 2.0 | 6.8 | |
| 2223 | 2003-05-05 | 2003-05-06 | United States of America | Kentucky | 4,845 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 200 | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2177 | 2003-02-26 | 2003-03-07 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky • Illinois | 32,682 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 | |
| 2159 | 2003-02-15 | 2003-02-18 | United States of America | West Virginia • Virginia • Kentucky | 42,500 | News | 2 | 100 | 1.0 | 5.2 | ||
| 1919 | 2002-05-07 | 2002-06-08 | United States of America | Illinois • Missouri • Indiana • Kentucky | 257,338 | News | Heavy rain | 9 | 100 | 1.0 | 6.9 | |
| 1916 | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-08 | United States of America | Kentucky • Virginia • West Virginia | 19,788 | News | Heavy rain | 9 | 1,000 | 1.0 | 5.1 | |
| 1893 | 2002-03-17 | 2002-03-24 | United States of America | Tennessee • Kentucky • Virginia • West Virginia | 40,931 | News | Heavy rain | 7 | 2,000 | 2.0 | 5.8 | |
| 1867 | 2002-01-23 | 2002-01-29 | United States of America | Tennessee • Alabama • Kentucky • Virginia • Georgia | 87,112 | News | Heavy rain | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 | |
| 1829 | 2001-11-28 | 2001-12-07 | United States of America | Arkansas • Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • Kentucky | 132,283 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 400 | 1.0 | 6.1 | |
| 1769 | 2001-08-03 | 2001-08-04 | United States of America | Kentucky • Tennessee | 19,308 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 100 | 1.0 | 4.6 | |
| 1585 | 2000-02-18 | 2000-02-22 | United States of America | Kentucky • Ohio | 55,643 | News | Heavy rain | 8 | 40 | 1.0 | 5.4 | |
| 1335 | 1998-04-15 | 1998-04-17 | United States of America | Indiana • Iowa • Kentucky | 70,592 | News | Torrential rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | |
| 1149 | 1997-02-28 | 1997-03-15 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky • Tennessee • Ohio • West Virginia | 179,911 | News | Heavy rain | 50 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | |
| 1071 | 1996-05-13 | 1996-05-20 | United States of America | West Virginia • Kentucky • Ohio | 63,664 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.7 | |
| 853 | 1994-06-22 | 1994-06-27 | United States of America | Kentucky | 13,311 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | |
| 841 | 1994-04-09 | 1994-04-18 | United States of America | Oklahoma • Kansas • Missouri • Illinois • Arkansas • Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky | 644,301 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 6 | 4,000 | 1.0 | 6.8 | |
| 601 | 1991-12-02 | 1991-12-03 | United States of America | Michigan • Ohio • West Virginia • Kentucky | 210,360 | News | Heavy rain | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| 487 | 1990-12-31 | 1991-01-03 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky • West Virginia • Ohio • Pennsylvania | 177,859 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 3,500 | 1.0 | 5.9 | |
| 347 | 1989-08-04 | 1989-08-07 | United States of America | Kentucky • Tennessee | 54,974 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |