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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 2:00 AM EST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS S/W FM NRN INDIANA TO S-CNTRL MO ERY THIS
MRNG. ALL MODELS SHOWING THIS FEATURE DROPPING SEWD THIS MRNG...TO
NORTH OF THE OHIO RVR BY 12Z...AS FLOW ALOFT TURNS MORE W-NWLY. AVN
WAS SLOWEST IN THIS MASS FIELD.
WE HAVE KEYED ON DECENT UPR LVL DIVERGENCE PTN SHOWN BY ALL MODELS
IN THE 12-18Z TIME FRAME...SPCLY NRN FA. THIS HAS SPURRED A MARKED
INCREASE IN UVM VALUES THIS MRNG. AS A RESULT...WITH DEEP MOISTURE
STILL IN PLACE... WUD EXPECT TO SEE ANOTHER FLARE-UP OR INCREASE IN
CONVECTION INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS. CONVECTION SHOULD HOLD SWAY UNTIL
AFOREMENTIONED S/W SWINGS THRU RGN IN WNWLY FLOW.
WILL KEEP FFA RUNNING WRN FA THIS MRNG AND ERN SECTIONS UNTIL ERY
AFTN...WHICH WILL FIT NICELY WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES.
LGT WNDS/PC SKIES AND WET GROUND SHUD LEAD TO DECENT FOG POTENTIAL
TNGT.
AS TROF SHFTS OFF THE EAST COAST ON MONDAY...RDG BLDS INTO THE WRN
OHIO VLY. M ORE SUNSHINE ON MON WILL ALLOW TEMPS 1 OR 2 CATEGORIES
OVER TDA'S READINGS.
.SDF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO THE BOWLING GREEN AREA.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY INTO THE COLUMBIA AREA.
STUREYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water covered several roads countywide. Cars had stalled in the water and blocked the roads.
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: 5258110.