Indiana, 2001Flash Flood in Indiana, June 6, 2001
June 6, 2001 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
315 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
KILN SHOWING CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG STATIONARY FRONT WHICH
STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF CMH TO DAY TO VERSAILLES. THERE IS A WEAK
SURFACE LOW NEAR DAY WHICH HELP TO INITIATE THE CONVECTION.
CONVECTION IS A BIT STRONGER/DEEPER TOWARD VERSAILLES WHICH IS
CLOSER TO HIGH THETA-E AIR. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CLOUDS
THINNING OVER SOUTHERN OHIO AND CLEARING OUT OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN IL/INDIANA.
WILL TRIM BACK THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THE DAYTON AND RICHMOND
AREAS AND EXTEND WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF FA. PWS ARE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING. MEAN FLOW STILL SHOWING TRAINING ECHOES WILL BE A
PROBLEM. ETA SHOWING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER ALONG AND NEAR THE
OHIO RIVER BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z THIS EVENING.
MODELS ARE ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH SLIDING FRONT TO THE SOUTH
OF FA BY LATE TONIGHT. NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON THIS ASPECT OF
FORECAST. TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALLISON OVER SOUTHERN MS MAY HELP TO
HOLD THINGS UP. QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARIES SEEM TO HANG AROUND THE
OHIO VALLEY LONGER THAN EXPECTED. ETA AND ESPECIALLY THE AVN BRING
A NORTHERLY WAVE DOWN INTO REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON
THURSDAY. THIS IS A BIT FASTER THAN RUNS FROM YESTERDAY. AS A
RESULT OF THESE INGREDIENTS WILL LEAVE 30 AFTERNOON POP EVEN THOUGH
ALL THE GUIDANCE IS QUIET PALTRY.
WILL KEEP EXTENDED RELATIVELY DRY EXCEPT FOR THE THREAT OF
CONVECTION SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
.ILN...
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES INZ066...
INZ073>075...INZ080.
KY...FLAShH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES KYZ089>100.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES OHZ063>064...
OHZ070>074...OHZ077>082...OHZ088.
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In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:24 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
324 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM BUSBY MILL KY FLOOD
06/06/01 OWEN HIGH WATER CAUSED ROAD TO
CLOSE
0914 PM ELK LAKE KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/06/01 OWEN S
1230 AM WILLIAMSTOWN KY FLOOD
06/06/01 GRANT HEKIN-CLARK CREEK OUT OF
BANKS- BRIDGE DAMAGE
RLB/RLBLocal storm report, Jun 6, 2:34 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
334 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 8 SW OWENTON KY FLOOD
06/06/01 OWEN HIGH WATER ON RAODWAY
RLB/LBFlash Flood, Ripley
- When
- June 6, 4:01 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Ripley County, Versailles
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.104, -85.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were flooded along US Route 50 between Holton and Versailles.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 20012 deaths · 2 injured · 1 event
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 20011 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 6, 2001$250,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 6, 2001$152,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 6, 2001$71,000 · 55 kt wind · 14 events
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 6, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 6, 20011 injured · $25,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2001$35,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 6, 2001$5,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 6, 2001$24,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 6, 2001$25,000 · 3 events
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: 5247935.