3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 4, 2:45 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM THIS MORNING IS CHANCES OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE TUESDAY. MCS THAT DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST MO EARLIER IN THE NIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDING WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS STL INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS ARE NORTH OF WARM FRONT BOUNDARY THAT LAY FROM WESTERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AT 07Z. 850-300 MB THICKNESS TAKES MCS SOUTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL KY AND SOUTHERN IN DURING REST OF NIGHT AND INTO MORNING HOURS TODAY. THIS CONSISTENT WITH PRECIPITATION PATTERN ON ETA/MESOETA. ETA ALSO HANDLING LOW LEVEL JET IN PLAINS WELL SO WILL LEAN TOWARD ETA FOR FORECAST. BEST RH...UPWARD MOTION AND UPPER DIVERGENCE ALL INDICATE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE WITH THE MCS HEADING TOWARD KY THIS MORNING. WILL KEEP POPS HIGH FOR THIS MORNING. HOWEVER RH DRIES OUT SOME THIS AFTERNOON. WARM FRONT WILL MAKE ONLY SLOW PROGRESS NORTH TODAY...AND MCS SHOULD PREVENT MUCH NORTHWARD MOVEMENT TODAY. HOWEVER WITH FRONT TO THE SOUTH WILL KEEP A CHANCE IN FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL FORCE WARM FRONT NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BUT FARTHER SOUTHEAST THE FRONT SHOULD STILL REMAIN IN VICINITY OF KY INTO TONIGHT. THUS ALTHOUGH CHANCES WILL BE LOWER...WILL HAVE TO KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST...ESPECIALLY WITH TIME SECTIONS SHOWING ANOTHER AREA OF UPWARD MOTION OVER AREA LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. AS FRONT MOVES NORTH OF FA ON TUESDAY...WILL HAVE TO KEEP CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FA...DEVELOPING IN VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR. WITH MCS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY WILL KEEP TEMPS CLOSER TO AVN MOS FOR TODAY AND TUESDAY AND A LITTLE LOWER THAN GUIDANCE FOR TONIGHT...AS FRONT WILL BE SLOWER TO MOVE TO THE NORTH. .SDF...NONE. SCHOLZ
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-041600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 526 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH- CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MOST NUMEROUS THIS MORNING BUT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. 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 TODAY. SCHOLZ
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:26 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 218 was closed due to high water. Three cars had to be pulled from a low lying portion of Highway 218.
Highway 61 was closed, covered by 4 feet of water. One motorist was stranded by high water.
Minor street flooding occurred, along with the erosion of road construction areas.
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: 5249990, 5249991, 5249992.