Kentucky, 2001

Cold in Kentucky, March 1 to 31, 2001

March 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS RLX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

The monthly average temperature across northeast Kentucky was 4 to 6 degrees colder than a normal March.

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

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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.

The monthly average temperature across northeast Kentucky was 4 to 6 degrees colder than a normal March.

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 4:16 PM EST, 7 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:16 PM EST, 7 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2001

SHORT TERM...

SURFACE HIGH BUILDING IN WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM.  LOW LEVEL FL

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd

When
March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Boyd forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Carter

When
March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Carter forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Greenup

When
March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Greenup forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence

When
March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.068, -82.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill
Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, March 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: 5230631, 5230884, 5230885, 5230886.