Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- July 8, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, Wrigley
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.017, -83.267
Numerous trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 8, 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 Jul 8, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE POPS FROM MCS DEVELOPMENT. MODELS ARE NOT DOING WELL WITH QPF PLACEMENT AND TEND TO BE BIASED TO THE WEST. A LOT OF WEATHER GOING ON SO CUTTING THINGS SHORT. LIKE AVN CONSISTENCY FOR QPF...SO WILL LEAN TOWARD IT. TEMPS AND POPS NOT TOO FAR FROM PREVIOUS AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CLOSE TO NGM MOS FOR TEMPS AND AV$N MOS FOR POPS. .JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. HEINLEIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:36 AM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1236 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH SOME HAIL CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE AREA MOST AT RISK IS NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...BUT RESIDENTS FURTHER SOUTH SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED. HAL
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:43 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-090000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1243 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS A
PORTION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MOUNT VERNON TO JACKSON TO MOREHEAD. THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY
THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...
ALTHOUGH SOME HAIL CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RAD{IO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OR LOCAL 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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 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: 5259311.