Kentucky, 2001Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7 to 8, 2001
June 7 to 8, 2001 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 9:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 9:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1010 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2001
THE ZONE FORECASTS WERE UPDATED TO KEEP A 20 PERCENT POP GOING FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KY. A SURFACE BOUNDARY LIvES FROM NEAR SDF TO
ACROSS JKL. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THIS. OVER PART OF NORTHEAST KY...PATCHY FOG SHOULD DEVELOP WHERE
CLOUD COVER IS NOT AS DEEP.
.JKL...NONE.
SCHAUB
Flash Flood, Breathitt
- When
- June 7, 10:30 PM EST to June 8, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- Breathitt County, Curt
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.522, -83.324 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains caused flash flooding on Cane Creek. The Curt community was the hardest hit with several mobile homes damaged or destroyed. A bridge was also washed away. Part of Curt Road which had been resurfaced with blacktop only months earlier was totally washed out during the flash flood.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 7, 20011 death · 1 injured · $60,000 · 3 events
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 7, 2001$9.0 million · F0 · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7 to 10, 2001$45,000 · 39 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in Maryland, June 7, 2001$150,000 · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 20011.75 in hail · 10 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001F0 · 10 events
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 200161 kt wind · 8 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 7, 2001F0 · 7 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: 5252739.