2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 2:15 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 315 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001 KILN SHOWING CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG STATIONARY FRONT WHICH STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF CMH TO DAY TO VERSAILLES. THERE IS A WEAK SURFACE LOW NEAR DAY WHICH HELP TO INITIATE THE CONVECTION. CONVECTION IS A BIT STRONGER/DEEPER TOWARD VERSAILLES WHICH IS CLOSER TO HIGH THETA-E AIR. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CLOUDS THINNING OVER SOUTHERN OHIO AND CLEARING OUT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IL/INDIANA. WILL TRIM BACK THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THE DAYTON AND RICHMOND AREAS AND EXTEND WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FA. PWS ARE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. MEAN FLOW STILL SHOWING TRAINING ECHOES WILL BE A PROBLEM. ETA SHOWING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER ALONG AND NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z THIS EVENING. MODELS ARE ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH SLIDING FRONT TO THE SOUTH OF FA BY LATE TONIGHT. NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON THIS ASPECT OF FORECAST. TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALLISON OVER SOUTHERN MS MAY HELP TO HOLD THINGS UP. QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARIES SEEM TO HANG AROUND THE OHIO VALLEY LONGER THAN EXPECTED. ETA AND ESPECIALLY THE AVN BRING A NORTHERLY WAVE DOWN INTO REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON THURSDAY. THIS IS A BIT FASTER THAN RUNS FROM YESTERDAY. AS A RESULT OF THESE INGREDIENTS WILL LEAVE 30 AFTERNOON POP EVEN THOUGH ALL THE GUIDANCE IS QUIET PALTRY. WILL KEEP EXTENDED RELATIVELY DRY EXCEPT FOR THE THREAT OF CONVECTION SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .ILN... IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES INZ066... INZ073>075...INZ080. KY...FLAShH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES KYZ089>100. OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES OHZ063>064... OHZ070>074...OHZ077>082...OHZ088. TIPTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
324 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM BUSBY MILL KY FLOOD
06/06/01 OWEN HIGH WATER CAUSED ROAD TO
CLOSE
0914 PM ELK LAKE KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/06/01 OWEN S
1230 AM WILLIAMSTOWN KY FLOOD
06/06/01 GRANT HEKIN-CLARK CREEK OUT OF
BANKS- BRIDGE DAMAGE
RLB/RLBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
334 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 8 SW OWENTON KY FLOOD
06/06/01 OWEN HIGH WATER ON RAODWAY
RLB/LBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
554 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM MASON OH FLASH FLOODS
06/06/01 WARREN STREETS WITH HIGH WATER IN
CITY OF MASON AND DEERFIELD
TOWNSHIP
0530 PM 7 NW WILMINGTON OH FLASH FLOODS
06/06/01 CLINTON HIGH WATER ON GURNEYVILLE
ROAD
0501 PM VERSAILLES IN FLASH FLOODS
06/06/01 RIPLEY SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED NEAR
US ROUTE 50. WATER WAS OVER
ROUTE 50 NEAR HOLTON, BUT
STILSL PASSABLE
MDRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
557 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0501 PM VERSAILLES IN FLASH FLOODS
06/06/01 RIPLEY SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED NEAR
US ROUTE 50. WATER WAS OVER
ROUTE 50 NEAR HOLTON, BUT
STILL PASSABLE
0520 PM MASON OH FLASH FLOODS
06/06/01 WARREN STREETS WITH HIGH WATER IN
CITY OF MASON AND DEERFIELD
TOWNSHIP
0530 PM 7 NW WILMINGTON OH FLASH FLOODS
06/06/01 CLINTON HIGH WATER ON GURNEYVILLE
6 ROAD
MDRThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads flooded near Monterey. Six inches of water over the Stevens Creek bridge
Several roads flooded
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: 5246999, 5247936.