46
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$7.2M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Boyd County, Kentucky: 46 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #681 nationally and #28 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Boyd County, Kentucky: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Boyd County is the 2000s, when 15 of the county's 46 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Boyd County archive, flash flood makes up 17.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #681 for this hazard and #28 within Kentucky, putting it in the 77.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for flash flood in Boyd County with 11 recorded events, while Apr is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2025 | ASHLAND | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | WESTWOOD | 0 | $0 |
| May 7, 2024 | RUSH | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 10, 2022 | BELLEFONTE | 0 | $8K |
| Jul 31, 2022 | KILGORE | 0 | $200 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | MEADS | 0 | $500 |
| Jan 2, 2022 | MAVITY | 0 | $500 |
| Jan 2, 2022 | SUMMIT | 0 | $1K |
| Jun 19, 2019 | SUMMIT | 0 | $2K |
| Jun 24, 2017 | PRINCESS | 0 | $60K |
Other hazards here
More from Boyd County
- Thunderstorm Wind 119
- Hail 51
- Flood 42
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Serious urban flooding occurred in and around the city of Ashland. Water was up to the windshields on several stalled vehicles. Lexington Ave and Route 60 were a few of the flooded streets. Basement flooding was common. One house had its foundation weakened. Some roads along rural streams were flooded, but damage was worst in the urban areas.
Both urban and rural flash flooding occurred during the early evening hours of a Friday night. Numerous streets in Ashland were flooded with several vehicles flooded. Water even pooled on their high school football field from the overwhelmed drainage system, causing the first game of the season to be canceled. ||Vehicles were also flooded on roads around Summit and Ironville. In Ironville, some people were trapped in houses surrounded by water. In the Cannonsburg vicinity, streams along Route 3 such as Laurel Creek and Lower Chadwick Creek flooded. One house had its first floor flooded, and its residents were rescued from the second floor.
Rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches likely fell in less than 2 hours. Around 25 homes flooded, mainly in the Countryside Drive and Hatchery Road vicinity south of Summit. A partially collapsed culvert helped pool the upstream water there. Roads were closed and a few water rescues also occurred.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Boyd County, Kentucky?
46 flash flood events are recorded in Boyd County between 1996 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Boyd County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Boyd County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Boyd County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Boyd County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/boyd-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.