Kentucky, 2001Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 20, 2001
June 20, 2001 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:28 AM EST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:28 AM EST, 6 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
328 AM EDT WED JUN 20 2001
07Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A BOUNDARY EXTENDING FM SE LWR MI ACROSS
IN AND IL INTO SRN MO. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WERE THE FOCUS OF
SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY ACROSS THE OH VLY. A LARGER CLUSTER OF STORMS
WAS AFFECTING MO-KS.
XPCT A GENERAL DECREASE IN SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY THIS AM. WITH HEATING
AND THE APPROACH OF S/WV CAUSING MO-KS MCS...XPCT ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY THIS PM. WIND FIELDS TOO WEAK FOR ORGANIZED SVR. XPCT MCS
ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG AND N OF THE BOUNDARY SO WL KEEP
LIKELY POPS GOING. MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A MORE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE THROUGH ON THU SO W=L CARRY LIKELY POPS THEN.
TEMPS WL BE TOUGH THROUGH FCST WITH SHRA/TSRA AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS
TO LIMIT SUN. WL GENERALLY STICK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE.
.ILN...NONE.
WILKINSON
Flash Flood, Owen
- When
- June 20, 8:30 AM EST to 9:45 AM EST
- Where
- Owen County, 5 mi NW of Owenton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -84.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads as well as a couple of culverts washed out along Twin Creek.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 20015 injured · $59 million · F0 · 15 events
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 20, 20011 death · 2 injured · $50,000 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 2001$30 million · F0 · 34 events
- Hail in Colorado, June 20 to 21, 2001$5.0 million · 4 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maryland, June 20, 2001$2.0 million · 5 events
- High Wind in New York, June 20, 200111 injured · $25,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 20, 2001$635,000 · 2.75 in hail · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 20, 20011 injured · $615,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001$500,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 20, 2001$150,000 · 2 events
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 20, 2001$90,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20 to 21, 2001$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
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: 5248011.