Kentucky, 2001Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 5 to 6, 2001
June 5 to 6, 2001 · NWS ILN · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
3 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 5, 6:15 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:15 PM EST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
715 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001
SHWRS AND TSTMS BEGINING TO FILL IN ACRS THE FAR S. PWS IN EXCESS OF
1.5 AND SLOW MOVEMENT TO STORMS SO WL GO AHD AND ISSUE AN FFA FOR
SRN GROUP OF COUNTIES. WL ALSO ADD SOME TIMING TO PCPN IN THE N.
.ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT INZ080-KYZ089-090-094>100.
LOTT
Flash Flood, Pendleton
- When
- June 5, 6:47 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, 5 mi S of Falmouth
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.696, -84.360 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused a creek to rise over the bridge on Liberty road.
Flash Flood, Grant
- When
- June 5, 7:36 PM EST to June 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grant County, 5 mi NW of Corinth
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.649, -84.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several hours of heavy rainfall caused a stream to overflow its banks. The high water damaged a bridge and forced the evacuation of several residents.
Hail, Owen
- When
- June 5, 8:14 PM EST to 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Owen County, New Columbus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.467, -84.633
Flash Flood, Owen
- When
- June 5, 8:45 PM EST to June 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Owen County, South Portion
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -84.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall forced the closing of roads in the southern part of the county.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tropical Storm in Texas, June 5 to 10, 200122 deaths · $5.1 billion · 15 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 5 to 7, 20011 death · $735,000 · F1 · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 20011 death · $83,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 14, 2001$13 million · 29 events
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 8, 2001$12 million · 9 events
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 5 to 7, 2001$11 million · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 2001$1.5 million · F1 · 26 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 5 to 6, 2001$500,000 · 50 kt wind · 19 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 2001$50,000 · F0 · 55 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 5, 20011 injured · $278,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 5, 2001$106,000 · 9 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001$90,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 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: 5248094, 5248095, 5248023, 5248096.