Kentucky, 2001

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

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

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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.