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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 3:25 AM EST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 425 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001 07Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT HUNG UP OVER EAST KENTUCKY WITH A WIDESPREAD AREA OF 70 PLUS DEWPOINTS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. ON SATELLITE...LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS DOMINATE THE AREA WITH THE COLDEST CLOUD TOPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. THE JKL 88D RADAR SHOWS THE LATEST CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WINDING DOWN OVER OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL...MORE SCATTERED...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND TO THE WEST WELL AHEAD OF THE MASSIVE AREA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE HAS JUST ABOUT BOTTOMED OUT WITH MOST OF THE AREA RECEIVING BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 12 TO 18 HOURS. FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS WHERE REPORTED IN FLOYD...ESTILL AND POWELL COUNTIES. ADDITION...NUISANCE FLOODING WERE REPORTED IN MANY OTHER COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING. THE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AMPLIFYING THE PATTERN FROM THE CURRENT NEAR ZONAL FLOW OVER KENTUCKY TO A MORE MERIDIONAL ONE AS A MONSTER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE MIDWEST. THIS IN TURN WILL AMPLIFY AN EASTERN TROUGH. AS THIS CHANGE TAKES PLACE...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL DROP THROUGH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...THE STRONGEST ONES EXPECTED AROUND 12Z AND AGAIN AT 18Z. THE AIR MASS IN PLACE REMAINS VERY WET WITH PWS OVER 2 INCHES THROUGH 18Z. THIS COMBINED WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...PLENTY OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND THE EXISTING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MAINTAIN OUR THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN. GIVEN THE RAINFALL WE HAVE HAD AND THE PROBLEMS THIS CAUSED WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FOLLOWING THE TROUGH AXIS TONIGHT...THE SKY WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR ALLOWING FOR SOME FOG TOWARD MORNING. THEN A PROLONGED DRY AND INCREASINGLY WARM SPELL TAKES HOLD AS RIDGING BUILDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. THIS WILL BREAK DOWN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK TO RETURN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST. MOS TEMPERATURES AGAIN LOOK REASONABLE AND WILL NOT STRAY FAR. WORK ZONES AVAILABLE IN THE AFOS PRODUCT SDFOZFJKL. THANWKS FOR THE COORDINATION CALL LMK. .JKL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF FORECAST AREA. GREIF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
1200 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM MONTICELLO KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 WAYNE WATER FLOWING OVER
NUMEROUS STREETS IN
MONTICELLO. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1102 PM LONDON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 LAUREL NUMEROUS HOUSES, ALONG
WITH NURSING HOME FLOO DED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
1250 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM 1 E STANTON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 POWELL SIX INCHES OF WATER
FLOWING OVER ROAD. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
1022 AM LONDON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 LAUREL 4TH STREET DOWN TO SPRING
STREET FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1030 AM 18 E SOMERSET KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 PULASKI ROCKSLIDE ALONG HWY192.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1053 AM 2 E LONDON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 LAUREL WATER FLOWING OVER WEST
192 RESULTING IN THE
FLOODING OF THE ESQUIRE
ESTATES SUB-DIVISION. WATER
HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HOMES.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
1059 AM LONDON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 LAUREL WATER AS DEEP AS CAR
HEADLIGHTS ALONG HWY30 &
490. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1100 AM 7 N SOMERSET KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 PULASKI WATER FLOWING OVER HWY39.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
244 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 5 N BEATTYVILLE KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 LEE WATER FLOWING OVER HWY498.
REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVERS.
0200 PM WRIGLEY KY FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 MORGAN OVER A FOOT OF WATER OVER
THE INTERSECTION OF 7 &
711. WATER WAS RE;PORTED
ENTERING HOMES. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported flowing over Kentucky Highway 191. The road was impassable.
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: 5259536.