A flash flood in Morehead, Kentucky, in the early morning hours of July 5, 1939, caused 25 deaths: Geneva Amburgey, 47; Margie Amburgey, 13; Orma Rae Amburgey, 6; Junior Leon Bays, 11; Minerva Boggess, 77; Minnie Carter, 38; Lula Mae Collins, 32; Maggie Frances Collins, 12; Ruby Gladys McRoberts, 24; Walter H. McRoberts, Jr., 4; Millie Ann McRoberts, 65; Sylvia Lee Rerry, 17; Albert Porter, 47; Nora Belle Porter, 45; Mahala Mae Ratliff, 49; Loren Ratliff, 8; Mary F. Salyers, 23; Ivan Eugene Salyers, 8; Bobby Carl Salyers, 6; Alberta Mae Salyers, 3; James Elmer Sparkman, 8; Paul Edwin Sparkman, 6; Thelma Lee Sparkman, 3; Bobby E. Sparkman, 7 months; and Emma J. Tolliver, 77.