Kentucky, 2001Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 13, 2001
August 13, 2001 · NWS JKL · 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
- $1,000
- 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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 7:30 PM EST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:30 PM EST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
830 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001
JUST SENT OUT AN UPDATE TO REMOVE THE EXPIRED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM
THE SOUTHERN ZONES. CURRENT RADAR PICS SHOW A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY ALONG THE SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
THE NORTHERN SET OF ZONES LOOK GOOD. HOWEVER WE WILL KEEP A 40 POP
IN THE SOUTHEAST GROUP OVERNIGHT. ALSO LEFT THE HEAVY RAIN WORDING
AS STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY. WE CAN HANDLE ANY PROBLEMS WITH URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES IF NEEDED. WILL ALSO LEAVE PATCHY DENSE
FOG IN ALL GROUPS AS WELL.
.JKL...NONE
HALL/JARVIS
Flash Flood, Whitley
- When
- August 13, 2:08 AM EST to 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Whitley County, Lot
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -84.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A man had to be rescued after attempting to dislodge his vehicle from swiftly flowing water over Lot - Mud Creek Road.
- 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.
- Heat in Texas, August 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Indiana, August 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 13, 2001$450,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in New York, August 13, 20011 injured · $200,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 13, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 13, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 13, 2001$41,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 13, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 13, 20013 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New York, August 13, 20013 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 13 to 14, 20013 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 2001$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 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: 5263845.