1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE TODAY. THE SATURATED ATMOSPHERE IS HELPING TO PRODUCE SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS NOTED THIS MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WE EXPECT THE STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING BY MIDNIGHT. NEW MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES THE TREND TO NUDGE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FURTHER INTO KENTUCKY MONDAY. THIS MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE. WE WILL REINTRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND KEEP THEM IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTED WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 AND LOWS IN THE LOW AND MID 70S. .SDF...NONE JA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
448 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001
EIGHT HOMES FLOODED. OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED AT
LEES LICK
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATIOkN..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0913 AM LEES LICK KY FLOOD
07/22/01 HARRISON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four homes were flooded in Jeffersonville. Roads were covered with water. One car was submerged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5257970.