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Flash FloodBreathitt, Kentucky

July 27, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
10
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Breathitt

Event narrative (NOAA)

Multiple reports of flash flooding were received across southern Breathitt County during the overnight hours of the 27th into the 28th. These are some of the reports that were made:||10:48 PM EST - A bridge was washed out along Bowling Creek Road near Altro.|10:50 PM EST - Flash flooding was reported near the community of Barwick. |10:56 PM EST - Water was flowing over the road and impacting a bridge on Bowlings Creek Road. (Same as 10:48 PM report).|11:07 PM EST - Pictures on social media show considerable flash flooding along Bowling Creek Road near Altro and the Breathitt/Perry County Line.|11:36 PM EST - Destructive flash flooind was observed at the Altro Church of God. |12:10 AM EST - Flood waters have washed out culverts and destroyed the road on Joe Little Fork Road in the Canoe are

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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.

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