Kentucky, 2001Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2001
July 26, 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
- 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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 2:10 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:10 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
310 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001
BIGGEST CONCERN WILL AGAIN BE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING. EAST-WEST
ORIENTED BOUNDARY STILL NEAR THE OHIO RIVER IS SAGGING SOUTH AND
WILL BE ACROSS FA WITH MEAN FLOW NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND
HIGH PWS. SO FAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY BEHAVED BUT AM
RELUCTANT TO CANCEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS FRONT WILL BE IN OUR AREA
TONIGHT AND WILL PROBABLY NOT CLEAR THE CWA. SURFACE LOW IN SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA HEADING EAST WITH SHOWERS CONTINUING TO TRAIN. ANY
SMALL STREAM FLOODING SEEMS TO BE ISOLATED RIGHT NOW...BUT WILL NOT
REMOVE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS TRAINING OF GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN IS ONGOING. PW TRENDS DOWNWARD TONIGHT AS SOME DRYING OCCURRS
IN MID AND UPPER LEVELS AND HENCE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WILL PROBABLY KEEP LIKELY POPS TONIGHT...AND WILL INCLUDE HIGHER
POPS IN THE SOUTH HALF OF CWA FOR TOMORROW AS FRONT WILL PROBABLY BE
IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY. NGM QPF SHIFTS PRECIP TOO FAR SOUTH
TONIGHT...SO WILL GENERALLY GO HIGHER WITH POPS.
AS BOUNDARY HEADS NORTH...WILL CONTINUE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND
UNTIL UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL QUELCH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY NEXT WEEK.
.JKL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 8 PM.
HEINLEIN
Flash Flood, Pike
- When
- July 26, 8:15 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Pike County, 3 mi SW of Pikeville
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.469, -82.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains brought flooding to several roads including Highway 3416 near Pigeon.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 20011 death · 3 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$2.4 million · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 26 to 27, 2001$900,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 26 to 27, 2001$210,000 · 4 events
- Flood in North Dakota, July 26, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 2001$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2001$39,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 26, 20012.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 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: 5259416.