Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Greenup
- When
- January 28, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Kentucky, January 28, 2000
Dawn temperatures were mostly in the zero to minus 5 range. For example, Grayson had 4 below zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Dawn temperatures were mostly in the zero to minus 5 range. For example, Grayson had 4 below zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence
- When
- January 28, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.068, -82.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd
- When
- January 28, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Carter
- When
- January 28, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 28 to 30, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 28 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 28 to 29, 2000
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2000
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5126742, 5126743, 5128292, 5128293.