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Water levels at the North Fork Kentucky River in Hazard didn’t quite reach record levels but still topped out at 25.74 feet at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, which is the highest it’s been since March 2021.
Water levels in Eastern Kentucky setting records. 8 a.m. ... the water level of the North Fork Kentucky River in Whitesburg reached 20.91 feet at 10 a.m. Thursday, which broke the previous record ...
The river hit a high of 16.8 early Thursday. The Kentucky Mesonet system, which has weather-monitoring stations statewide, said that as of 7 a.m. Thursday, 3.37 inches of rain had been recorded ...
North Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States. [3] It is a fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just upstream of Beattyville. [3] It is nearly 148 miles (238 km) long with an average slope of 3.2 feet per mile (0.61 m/km), [1] and an overall basin size (at Jackson) of 1,101 square miles (2,850 km 2) [4]
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The 260-mile (420 km) river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield , the Cumberland Mountains , and the Bluegrass region . [ 2 ]
Louisville averages 5.8 days with low temperatures dipping to 10 °F (−12 °C), while readings of 0 °F (−18 °C) or below occur on average every several years, the last occurrence being January 7, 2014; the average window for freezing temperatures is October 31 thru April 6, allowing a growing season of 207 days. [5]
According to the National Weather Service, the North Fork of the Kentucky River rose 12 feet in 12 hours due to heavy rainfall, hitting a high of 16.8 feet early Thursday morning.
Louisville is located in Kentucky's outer Bluegrass region. [60] Its development has been influenced by its location on the Ohio River, which spurred Louisville's growth from an isolated camp site into a major shipping port. Much of the city is located on a very wide and flat floodplain surrounded by hill country on all sides. Much of the area ...