1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 29, 6:35 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 735 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001 NEED TO UPDATE FOR FIRST FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXPIRING. RIGHT NOW QPF IN THE CVG AREA IS 1.2 PER HOUR OR LESS...SO WILL GO AHEAD AND LET WATCH DROP. WHILE IM AT IT...NEED TO REMOVE EARLY MORNING PERIOD IN THE NORTHWEST. COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL IS ALSO A LITTLE HIGHER THAN 50 PERCENT...SO WILL GO LIKELY THERE. CLEMISILN OUT ASAP FOLLOWED BY ZFP. .ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON FOR S CNTRL OH AND NE KY. SITES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
813 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 AM 4N SPRINGFIELD OH FLOOD
07/29/01 CLARK NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER IN NORTHERN PART
OF COUNTY. TWO CARS FLOODED
AT BAKER RD. AND RT 334.
JSSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which flooded roads and caused 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: 5257101.