Kentucky, 2001

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

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

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.

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Event by event

3 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

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.
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.

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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: 5248094, 5248095, 5248023, 5248096.