Flood, Lawrence
- When
- June 20, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Bedford
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -86.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Indiana, June 20, 2001
Minor street flooding reported.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Minor street flooding reported.
What forecasters said that day
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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:05 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:05 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 205 AM EST WED JUN 20 2001 POPS ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS FCST PCKG AS UPR TROF SHARPENS TO OUR W AND DEEPER MOIST SETTLES ACRS THE FA. LATEST SFC ANLYS HAD THE CD FNT NEAR THE OH RVR...BUT IR LOOP AND RADAR PIX WERE SHOWING LG MCS IN THE CD AIR MOVING E ACRS NRN MO. OTHERWISE...RADAR LOOPS WERE SHOWING A CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVING E ACRS SRN IL WITH THE REST OF THE ACTIVITY JUST AHEAD OF THE FNT ACRS SWRN OH...NRN KY AND XTRM SRN IN. MODELS WERE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON MOVING DEEPER MOIST ACRS THE FA TODAY AND MOVING THE CD FNT SLOWLY SE OUT OF THE FA. THEY ALSO BEGIN TO SHARPEN THE UPR TROF THIS AFT WITH THE ETA AND AVN MOVING IT ACRS ON FRI. IN THE MEAN TIME THEY ALSO MOV SEVERAL WK SW'S ACRS IN THE INCRSG WSW FLOW ALOFT. ONE SUCH WV MOVES ACRS THIS AFT WHICH SHOULD ...WITH THE HELP OF MARGINAL TO MODERATE INSTABILITY (CAPES FM NEAR 1000 J/KG N AND AND NEAR 2000 J/KG S) AND INCRSG MOIST THROUGH THE COLUMN...TRIGGER NUMEROUS TRW'S TODAY. ANOTHER WAVE MOVES ACRS TNGT WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE ACTIVITY GOING. BEST PRECIP CVRG SHOULD BE ON THU AS THE UPR TROF APPROACHES AND A 90 KT JET MOVES ACRS NRN IN PLACING THE FA IN RR QUAD. LI/CAPE PROGS ONLY SHOW MARGINAL INSTABILITY ON THU...HOWEVER. STILL...INCRSG UPR FORCING AND AT LEAST SOME INSTABILTY WOULD FAVOR TRW'S OVER JUST RW'S ON THU. MUCH HIGHER FWC POPS APPEAR MORE IN LINE ON THU AND AS A RESULT WL GO WITH OCCASIONAL POPS THEN. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN THU NGT AS THE JET STREAK MOVES E OF THE STATE AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN. STILL...CHC POPS LOOK OK TO COVER FOR LINGERING SHOWERS ESP SE ZONES. PLEASANT WEEKEND IN STORE AS THE TROF MOVES E...SFC HIGH PRES AND DRY AIR WORK THEIR WAY IN. MOS TEMPS CLOSE TODAY AND APPEAR REASONABLE WITH EXPECTED CLD CVR AND LOW LVL THERMAL PATTERN. FAVOR WARMER FWC TNGT WITH HIGHER DEW PTS EXPECTED. PREFER COOLER FWC ON THU WITH LITTLE SS AND MUCH RN EXPECTED. FINALLY...MOS CLOSE AND THU NGT AND APPEARS REASONABLE WITH DRIER AIR WORKING IN. .IND...NONE. KOCH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2001
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, June 20 to 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maryland, June 20, 2001
- High Wind in New York, June 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 20, 2001
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20 to 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2001
Sources
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: 5248267.