Kentucky, 2001

Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 25 to 26, 2001

July 25 to 26, 2001 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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 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 25, 9:55 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 9:55 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1055 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

THIS EVENING'S UPPER AIR PATTERN FEATURES A WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY WITH RIDGE PERSISTING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS.  SFC
MAP HAS SLOW MOVING FRONT CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN OHIO PARALLEL TO THE
UPPER FLOW.

TSRA ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF OUR CWA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE FRONT.  MOST STORMS HAVE REMAINED SUB-SEVERE...THOUGH WE HAVE
VERIFIED 2 OF 3 SVR SENT TONIGHT.  FLOODING IS STILL A CONCERN WITH
HIGH PWAT AND SLOW MOVING FRONT. ACTIVITY NORTH OF THE FRONT HAS
DIMINISHED TO SCT SHOWERS.

I EXPECT TSRA NEAR THE FRONT TO PERSIST WITH CONTINUED UPPER SUPPORT
AS MCV TO THE WEST MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR CWA.
THEREFORE I'LL KEEP CAT POPS SOUTH AND EAST OF CVG.  IN THE
NORTH...I'LL DROP TO SCT POPS SINCE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY HAS
DISAPPEARED AND IS NOT LIKELY TO REFORM WITH LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT.

WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN PLACE LOW FFG VALUES AND MCV HEADED OUR
WAY...WE'LL ISSUE FFW FOR COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR
CWA...NOT INCLUDING HAMILTON COUNTY.  WITH ONLY SCT SHRA/TSRA
EXPECTED WE WILL DROP FFW AT COLUMBUS.

TEMP FCST LOOKS GOOD WITH LOWS AROUND 70.  OTHERWISE...I'LL ONLY
NEED TO ADJUST WINDS WRT CURRENT CONDITIONS.

.ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ078-079-081-082-088.

CONIGLIO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:27 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
727 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

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

0704 PM    FAIRBORN                  OH   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/25/01   GREENE                         REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED WEATHER OBSERVER
                                          AT KFFO

TIPTON
Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:35 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
735 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

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

0700 PM    RIVERSIDE                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/25/01   MONTGOMERY                     TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
TIPTON

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The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Pendleton

When
July 25, 11:00 PM EST to July 26, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Pendleton County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.696, -84.360 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads.

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: 5257096.