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 Aug 3, 2:57 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 357 AM EDT FRI AUG 03 2001 MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE HOW TO HANDLE THE DURATION OF THE POPS. LATEST LOOK AT KLVX WSR-88D SHOWING CONVECTION INCREASING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KY. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE DRIVEN ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE PREVIOUS CONVECTION EARLIER THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES HAVE ALSO INCREASED TO OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE IF THIS COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FORWARD PROPOGATER. KLVX VWP CURRENTLY SHOWS 15-20KT WESTERLY FLOW TAKING PLACE IN THE LOW LEVELS. WHILE ABOVE 10K FLOW TURNS MORE NORTHERLY. ETA SHOWS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMING MORE PARALLEL TO THE UPPER LEVELS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THIS DOES RAISE A FLAG ...BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THE LATEST RADAR IMAGE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS LITTLE IF ANY DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE BEHIND THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. FOR NOW WE WILL JUST MENTION SOME HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONES THIS MORNING. FURTHER WEST...IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY MOST OF THE ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE CALM AT THE MOMENT...BUT THERE IS SOME PRESSURE FALLS TAKING PLACE JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVER WITH MSAS DATA SHOWING GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. SO WE COULD HAVE SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT FURTHER WEST AS THE MORNING GOES ON. THE MODELS SHOW THIS COMPLEX MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY LATE MORNING WHICH SHOULD GIVE AREAS IN THE NORTH A BRIEF RESPITE. THIS AFTERNOON THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT IN BRINGING THE FRONT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...WE MAY HAVE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KY. HOWEVER...IT MAY NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN WE START CLEARING THE DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THE MORNING. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTCKY WE HUNG ON TO THE POPS...BUT THEY COULD GET A BREAK LATE IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURE WISE WE DECIDED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO MOS ESPECIALLY IF WE CLEAR OUT SOME LATE IN THE DAY. TONIGHT WE HUNG ON TO POPS IN THE SOUTH SINCE THE FRONT APPEARS TO HANG UP DOWN THERE. ELSEWHERE...WE SHOULD SEE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS...BUT DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN ADVECTING IN FROM THE NORTH. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WE TOOK OUT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SINCE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SHIFTS NORTHEAST AND KEEPS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WELL TO OUR NORTH. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE THE WHERABOUTS OF TS BARRY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SDF...NONE COX
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Parts of Highway 1842 were closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5264180.