Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- August 30, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson County, 8 mi E of Paintsville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.817, -82.650
Trees were blown down along Route 40.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 30, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 Aug 30, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 240 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001 THE NGM...ETA AND AVN MODELS ALL SHOW THAT CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND IT WILL RAIN MOST OF THE DAY FRIDAY. THE ETA MODEL MOISTURE FIELD IS PREFERRED...WITH THE MOS WEAKER AND THE AVN STRONGER. DEEP MOISTURE WILL ADVECT UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGS SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE ETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT LOWER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW INCREASES SOME BY FRIDAY AND PRECIPITABLE WATER STAYS AROUND 1.5 INCHES. SINCE THE HEAVIER RAIN CELLS ON FRIDAY SHOULD HAVE A 15 TO 20 MPH MOVEMENT...AND THE LATEST HPC GUIDANCE SHOWS A HALF INCH AREAL AVERAGE FOR EASTERN KY THIS EVENING THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY... NO HEAVY RAIN PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. A SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL PUSH SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN KY BY EARLY SATURDAY...WITH RESIDUAL MORNING SHOWERS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. THE NGM POPS WILL BE INCREASED FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...OTHERWISE THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD. THE LATEST RUNS OF THE AVN AND MRF MODELS SUPPORT THE CURRENT EXTENDED FORECAST...SO NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE PLANNED. JKL 68/80 63/78 5760 LOZ 67/80 63/80 5761 .JKL...NONE. SCHAUB
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:54 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 30, 2001
- Rip Current in California, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, August 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: 5263749.