Kentucky, 2001

Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 18 to 19, 2001

July 18 to 19, 2001 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

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 Jul 18, 9:10 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:10 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1010 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2001

ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING. WILL EXTEND CURRENT FFA
UNTIL 4 AM AS WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ENHANCEMENT. WILL
MENTION FOG AS AMS HAS CHANGED LITTLE FROM YDA. WILL PULL POPS FROM
ALL BUT SWRN QUAD. TEMPS LOOK ON TRACK

.ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 24 AM EDT.
OH...060-070-071-077-078
IN...050-058-059-066-073>075-080
KY...089>098

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 8:25 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
925 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0905 PM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   FRANKLIN                       U.S. RT 52 CLOSED
                                          THROUGHOUT COUNTY.

0850 PM    CLEVES                    OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   HAMILTON                       2 ROADS CLOSED IN CLEVES.

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The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Campbell

When
July 18, 9:45 PM EST to July 19, 12:15 AM EST
Where
Campbell County, Countywide
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.947, -84.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous roads closed across the county including Route 10.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5256929.