Kentucky, 2001

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 2:10 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:10 PM EST, 6 hours 50 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:18 PM EST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
918 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001

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

0900 PM    CANADA                    KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01   PIKE                           WATER FLOWING OVER US119
                                          NEAR CANADA. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0900 PM    CANADA                    KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01   PIKE                           ROCK AND MUDSLIDE REPORTED
                                          NEAR CANADA. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0903 PM    2 SW PIKEVILLE            KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01   PIKE                           MUDSLIDE ALONG ISLAND
                                          CREEK. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0908 PM    REGINA                    KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01   PIKE                           WATER OVER ROAD ALONG
                                          HARLESS CREEK. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0915 PM    3 SW PIKEVILLE            KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01   PIKE                           WATER OVER 3416 NEAR
                                          PIGEON. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Pike

When
July 26, 9:00 PM EST to 11:30 PM EST
Where
Pike County, Greasy Creek
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.469, -82.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash floods washed out the Greasy Creek bridge.

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.

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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: 5259417.