No injured cavers recorded.
On January 2, 1982, a group of three returned from a trip into Sloan's Valley Cave in Pulaski County, Kentucky, to find rain clouds moving in. They went back to the Fieldhouse. At p.m. it started to rain. The sign-out showed three inexperienced cavers had entered Left Cave at 6:30 p.m. and were thus not expected out until 2 a.m. Left Cave was known to flood, but only under very heavy rain conditions. The rain volume gradually increased. At 9 p.m. the usually dry streambed north of the Fieldhouse had become a raging river. A group headed for Left Cave at that point to get the cavers out if possible. The cave was found not yet to be in flood and the group in question was quickly found. The rain continued through the night and stopped the next morning. Evidence indicated a 15 foot rise and the Duckunder, dry before, was sumped shut.
This shows the importance of signing out or leaving a note, but even inexperienced cavers should have the sense to keep out of caves in bad weather.
A group of inexperienced cavers in Sloan's Valley Cave were rescued before the cave flooded due to heavy rain.