1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 25, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 230 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001 WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING WEATHER CONCERNS. PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON MOVEMENT OF H50 TROF/VORT LOBE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT...AND ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT ON RAIN CHANCES ALSO. EXPECT SCATTERED STRONG STORMS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS HEATING IS MAXIMIXED AND WEAK SHORT WAVE BUMPS UP AGAINST THE REGION. UPPER SUPPORT DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER BY MORNING. WITH MARGINAL INTEGRATED MOISTURE...WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE SCATTERED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE SOUTHEASTWARD SUNDAY. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE EARLY NORTH/WEST...AND ALL DAY SOUTH/EAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED DUE TO LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT AND DIURNAL TIMING OF THE SYSTEM. LOOKS HIGH AND DRY FROM MON THROUGH MID WEEK. SECONDARY FRONT PROGGED BY THE ETA/NGM TO DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION BY TUE...BUT NO RETURN FLOW AND LITTLE MOISTURE TO GO WITH IT. RIGHT NOW WILL GO WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER...BUT NO PRECIP. WILL STICK CLOSE TO THE AVN/NGM MOS TEMPS. .PAH...NONE. MEFFERT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
142 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM BOONVILLE IN 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/25/01 WARRICK DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY BOONVILLE LIBRARY.
0127 PM BOONVILLE IN 60 MPH WIND GUST
08/25/01 WARRICK WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
322 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0254 PM CYPRESS IL 60 MPH WIND GUST
08/25/01 JOHNSON TREE TOPS BROKE OFF.
REPORTED BY JOHNSON
COUNTY SHERIFF.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
505 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0444 PM CASCADE MO WIND DAMAGE
08/25/01 WAYNE SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN
(4 TO 5 INCHES IN
DIAMETER) REPORTED BY
CASCADE VOLUNTEER F.D.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported standing on some county roads in the "typical" problem areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5265688.