1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 28, 1:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
200 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001
FCST CONCERN CONTS TO BE HVY RN POTENTIAL TNGT INTO SUN ACRS SRN PTN
OF CWA. ERN PTN OF UPR RDG AXIS WHICH STRETCHES FM SRN PLNS THRU SE U.S.
TO BE FATTENED AS S/WV ENERGY FM DROPS THRU OH VLY.
WV IMGRY SHWS INITIAL WK S/WV TRACKING EWD ACRS OH VLY. THIS FEATURE
IS AIDING THE DVLPMNT OF SHWRS/TSTMS ACRS KY/SRN IN. LTST SFC ANALYSIS
SHWS WRMFNTL BNDRY ORIENTED NW TO SE FM NR RFD TO NR IND TO JUST S OF
CVG. MORE SIGNIFICANT S/WV MOVG INTO MID MS VLY TO TRACK E INTO
OH VLY OVRNGT INTO SUN. SFC WV XPCTD TO DVLP ON FNT BNDRY AS IT
LIFTS NWD INTO SRN OH TNGT.
ALL MODELS A LTL SLOWER WITH THIS SFC WV. AVN HS BEEN MOST CONSISTENT
AND FCST SOLN IS FAVORED. FCST SOUNDING CONT TO INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME BACKBUILDING. PE/S TO CONT BTWN 1.7 AND 1.8 INCHES ACRS THE S.
IN RESPONSE TO OVRNGT S/WV 950MB JET XPCTD TO INCRS TO 25 TO 30KTS
ALLOWING FAVORABLE LO LVL CNVRGC TO SET UP ACRS NRN KY AND S CNTRL OH.
PW/S CONT ABV 2.0 INCHES ACRS THE S INTO SUN. ALL INDICATIONS CONT TO
POINT HVY RAIN EVENT.
WL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT ACRS THE S. BASED ON SLOWER SOLN
HVY RAIN POTENTIAL WL LKLY LINGER INTO SUN ACRS S CNTRL OH AND NE KY.
WL HV TO ADJUST FFA HERE.
IN WAKE OF THIS SYS ANOTHER S/WV DROPS SE IN NW FLO FM GRTLKS THRU
OH VLY SUN NGT. THIS MAY KEEP SOME CLDS ARND ESPECIALLY IN THE ERN SECTION.
WL MAINTAIN DRY FCST THRU THU WITH A WRM UP AS MID/UPR RDG BLDS
E INTO OH VLY.
TEMP WISE...HV NOT STRAYED TOO FAR FM GUID.
.ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR SE INDIANA...SW OH...N CNTRL KY
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT ANDG SUNDAY FOR S CNTRL OH AND NE KY.
RANDALLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads and creeks to overflow their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 2001
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: 5257098.