Kentucky, 2001

Flood in Kentucky, November 29 to 30, 2001

November 29 to 30, 2001 · NWS LMK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 2:50 PM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 2:50 PM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
250 PM EST THU NOV 28 2001

...MAJOR RAIN EVENT THROGUH EARLY FRIDAY...

SPOTTY RAINS TODAY HAVE AFFECTED MAINLY WEST AND NORTH COUNTIES...
BUT COPIOUS RAINS LIKELY FOR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH FRIDAY.
ONE CHALLENGE IS ABOUT THE NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AT THIS
POINT HAVE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT CYCLE. ONE TO
TWO INCH RAINS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAVE WET THE GROUND...BUT FOR
MANY AREAS THIS HAS ABOUT BEEN THE TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER.

MODELS TAKE UPPER LOW ACROSS BIG BEND OF TEXAS NORTHEAST ACROSS OHIO
VALLEY BY 12Z FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH
FRONT STALLED VICINITY OF OHIO RIVER WILL PROVIDE STAGE FOR
PRODUCING ONE TO THREE INCH RAINS ACROSS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY
DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS PRECEDING INTENSE UPPER LOW MAKE SEVERE WEATHER
A POSSIBILITY OVER PARTS OF KENTUCKY IN WHAT IS BECOMING A QUITE
ACTIVE FALL SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. MODELS PUSH STALLED FRONT NORTH
FROM SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT...SO STEADY OR
WARMING TEMPERATURES IN STORE TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS THURSDAY WILL
WARM MOST OF CWA INTO 60S.

.SDF...NONE.
REITMEYER

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Ohio

When
November 29, 1:30 AM EST to November 30, 4:30 AM EST
Where
Ohio forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
37.478, -86.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Rough River at Dundee was above flood stage from early in the morning of Nov. 29 until the morning of Nov. 30. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. The river crested at 25.44 feet at 730 PM EST on the evening of Nov. 29, causing minor flooding. At this level, a section of highway about a half mile long near the river bridge begins to flood.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 2001

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: 5272391.