Ohio, 2001

Flash Flood in Ohio, June 1, 2001

June 1, 2001 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 9:07 AM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:07 AM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1007 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001

CLDFRNT CURRENTLY OVR CVG TO MV SLOWLY ERD THIS AFTN...WITH SWATH OF
H8-H5 OMEGA RIDING UP FM THE SW REFIRING RW/TRW.  SEE IT KIND OF
HARD THE FRNT WON/T MV A TAD FASTER WITH A GUD SWRLY UNIDIRECTIONAL
FLO.  06Z HI-RES ETA PROGS CAPES OVR 1.5 KJ/KG WITH K INDICES ABV
30...SO WL KEEP CHC TRW MENTION IN FCST.  AS FOR TEMPS...PEEKS OF
SUN PSBL SO THE MERCURY SHUD NOT HV A PBLM CLIMBING INTO THE 70S ACR
MOST LOCALES.  WITH THAT SAID...GOING TO LEAVE HIGHS WHERE THEY
ARE.  OTRW NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Athens

When
June 1, 2:15 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
Where
Athens County, East Portion
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates
39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

State highway garage personnel reported minor damage to roads from overflowed streams. Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in less than 2 hours. No dwellings were affected

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5251731.