Event narrative (NOAA)
Most of the downtown Louisville area received flooding with many commercial buildings in the immediate downtown area having damage. Numerous homes on the west side of town were also damaged. Some of these damage reports follow. ||The 800 Building in downtown Louisville had cars submerged in its parking lot. Churchill Downs Museum and track facilities received damaging flood waters. The entire basement of the Louisville Free Public Library was inundated with water causing damage to books, computers, vehicles, and other items. Many roads in the downtown area had several feet of water covering them, with residential buildings taking on water in basements. The University of Louisville campus had several building damaged and flooded and water rescues had to be performed. Four of the U of L cl
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.