Thunderstorm Wind, Jessamine
- When
- June 15, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Jessamine County, Nicholasville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.867, -84.567
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 15, 2001
Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 LMK wrote it up.
Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
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 Jun 15, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 325 PM EDT FRI JUNE 15 2001 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS DEALING WITH THE EARLY NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FA. A WEAK COLD FRONT MVNG ACRS FA HAS GOOD STREAMLINE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS IT REPLACES THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR. THE AFTN LI'S ARE IN THE -5 TO -8 RANGE...FORTUNATELY BEST DYNAMICS WELL TO N OF FA. RMDR OF FORECAST ESSENTIALLY DRY BUT WI TH VERY WARM SUNNERLIKE TEMPS EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. CONTINUE TO DO ENTIRE FORECAST USING THE GFE. .SDF...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:30 AM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>034-038-045-053-061>063-070>074- 152100- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1230 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AND A PART OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A NEW CASTLE...THROUGH SHELBYVILLE AND BARDSTOWN...TO GLASGOW LINE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTuER ACTIVATION MANY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY.
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 15, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Countywide
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.033, -84.467
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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 15 to 17, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 2001
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
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: 5250746, 5250747.