Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 3, 6:02 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Hootentown
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.917, -84.300
Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 3, 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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 320 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS HAVE TO DO WITH THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL CHC OF SCT TSTMS ON THU AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE FA. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE... CURRENT LI'S IN THE -6 TO -8 RANGE WITH SFC DEWPTS AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE THE 70 DEGREE MARK...A TRIGGER IN PLACE IN THE FORM OF LASTS NITES MCS VORT MAX. WILL GO WI FAIRLY HI POPS OF TSTMS TNGHT AND CUT PORBS ABOUT IN HALF ON THU...AS BOTH AVN AND NGM HINT AT LINGERING SHOWER THREAT INTO THE DAYTIME PERIOD ON WED... REMAINDER OF FCST FOR SHORT TERM IS DRY...THE NEXT CHC OF TRW NOT UNTIL LATE SAT OR SUN...IF ONE ACCEPTS THE NEW EXTENDED PROG PACKAGE. FOR SHORT TERM TEMPS USED MOS TRENDS...AS FOR MOS POPS...RAISED THEM 30 TO 40 PERCENT FOR TNGHT. .SDF...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:12 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-032100- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 112 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST IqNFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-040900- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 410 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 Iowa, July 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 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: 5259633.