Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Flash Flood in Campbell County, Kentucky

41

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$269K

Property damage

Flash Flood in Campbell County, Kentucky: 41 recorded events between 1997 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #797 nationally and #39 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Flash Flood in Campbell County, Kentucky: events per decade

Flash Flood in Campbell County, Kentucky: recorded events per decade
Flash Flood in Campbell County, Kentucky: recorded events per decade

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for flash flood in Campbell County is the 2010s, when 18 of the county's 41 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 Campbell County archive, flash flood makes up 16.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #797 for this hazard and #39 within Kentucky, putting it in the 73.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

1Jan
5Feb
1Mar
2Apr
5May
8Jun
9Jul
7Aug
1Sep
1Oct
0Nov
1Dec

Jul is the peak month for flash flood in Campbell County with 9 recorded events, while Nov 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

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Feb 16, 2025BRENT0$0
Aug 28, 2024ALEXANDRIA0$0
Aug 28, 2024SILVER GROVE0$0
Aug 28, 2024HAWTHORNE0$0
Jul 19, 2023ONEONTA0$20K
May 24, 2020CLARYVILLE0$0
May 19, 2020NEWPORT0$50K
Jun 16, 2019BELLEVUE0$0
Feb 7, 2019NEW RICHMOND0$0
Feb 7, 2019ONEONTA0$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many flash flood events are on record in Campbell County, Kentucky?

41 flash flood events are recorded in Campbell County between 1997 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Campbell County?

The strongest flash flood on record in Campbell County measured 0.

Where does the flash flood data for Campbell 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.

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“Flash Flood in Campbell County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/campbell-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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