Kentucky, 2001Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 25 to 26, 2001
July 25 to 26, 2001 · NWS PAH · 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
- 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
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 1:15 PM CST, 10 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:15 PM CST, 10 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
215 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2001
PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS TIMING OF APPROACHING FRONT AND
RESULTANT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. LATEST 18Z SURFACE CHART DEPICTS
A SURFACE COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS HAS BEEN
THE CASE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY ACROSS THE
REGION.
ON THE MODELS...NEW 12Z ETA RUN IS CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THE
SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATER THAN THE AVN. GIVEN THE
TIME OF YEAR AND UPPER FLOW CHARACTERISTICS...STILL PREFER SLOWER
ETA REPRESENTATION. THIS WOULD BRING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO
RIVER BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH A SLOW PROGRESSION TOWARDS THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT. RELATIVELY WEAK SHEAR AND HIGH
FREEZING LEVELS WILL CURTAIL THE SEVERE POTENTIAL OF THE STORMS
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND EVENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT CONSIDERING THE MODERATE TO
STRONG INSTABILITY IN PLACE. GIVEN THE SOUPY ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE
(70S DEW POINTS/30S K INDICES/PWS NEAR 2 INCHES)...THE PRIMARY
CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. IN
CONCURRENCE WITH THE 12Z MOS GUIDANCE...WILL GO LIKELY OVER NORTHERN
ZONE GROUP TONIGHT...WITH A 50 POP SOUTH. TOMORROW/S BREAKOUT WILL
BE JUST THE OPPOSITE...WITH THE HIGHER 70 POP OVER SOUTHERN ZONE
GROUP.
AS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR FILTERS IN LATE THIS WEEK...EXPECT A BRIEF
REPRIEVE FROM THE DAILY THUNDERSTORM ROUTINE...NAMELY FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. AVN AND MRF RUNS BOTH BRING THE FRONT BACK TO THE
NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. SO WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
STORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THEN A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD
OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEK. THIS TIME...THE MODELS INDICATE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
CAPPED...THUS LIMITING THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TO ISOLATED AT BEST.
FOR THE FIRST 60 HOURS...WILL FOLLOW ETA SURFACE TE,MPERATURE
FORECAST. THEREAFTER...A BLEND OF MRF MEX/FMR GUIDANCE IS PREFERRED.
.PAH...NONE
RJP
Flash Flood, Daviess
- When
- July 25, 11:15 PM CST to July 26, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess County, Whitesville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms repeatedly moved across Daviess County from the late evening of the 25th into the wee morning hours of the 26th. The heaviest rainfall was near Whitesville, in the eastern part of the county. Radar estimated more than 3 inches per hour in that area. Water was standing on numerous roads in Whitesville.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 25, 20012 deaths · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 25, 2001$1.6 million · 1.75 in hail · 20 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, July 25, 2001$820,000 · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 25, 2001F2 · 3 events
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 25, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2001$238,000 · F0 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 25 to 26, 2001$50,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 25, 20011 injured · $30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
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: 5257293.