2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 2:38 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT WED JUNE 27 2001 FORECAST PROBLEM THIS AFTN AND EVENING IS WHAT DO WITH CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGHOUT THE 7 DAY FORECAST PERIOD. AT MID AFTN LOTS OF CU THRUT AREA TSRA DVLPG OVER MUCH OF RGN. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THIS RUN. WILL FOLLOW PERSISTENCE AS WELL AS A MODEL BLEND. WL CONT TREND OF A DAILY THRET OF TSRA PER AFTN INSTABILITIES AND RATHER COLD POOL OVER THE AREA .SDF...NONE. RDC
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 104 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND FIELDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE RELATIVELY WEAK SO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD GENERATE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 414 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND FIELDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE RELATIVELY WEAK SO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD GENERATE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree was blown on to a power line, knocking it down.
Several trees were blown down.
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, June 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: 5249400, 5249401.