Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kentucky, October 8, 2001
Dawn temperatures were in the 25 to 30 degree range, some 20 degrees colder than normal.
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
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.
Dawn temperatures were in the 25 to 30 degree range, some 20 degrees colder than normal.
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 Oct 8, 2:25 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 2:25 AM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 325 AM EDT MON OCT 8 2001 THE SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST TODAY...AS IT DOES THE SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT. THIS ALONG WITH RIDGE BUILDING ALOFT AND WARM ADVECTION...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WARMING TREND IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION THROUGH THE WORKWEEK. THE DRY FORECAST WILL CONTINUE AS NO SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE EXTENDED FORECAST...NO CHANGES NEEDED. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ELW
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Carter
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM 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
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM 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
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM 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
- Strong Wind in Maine, October 8, 2001
- Cold in West Virginia, October 8, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, October 8, 2001
- Cold in Ohio, October 8, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 8, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, October 8 to 9, 2001
- Extreme Cold in California, October 8 to 9, 2001
- Cold in Virginia, October 8, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, October 8 to 9, 2001
- Extreme Cold in California, October 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, October 8, 2001
- High Wind in Florida, October 8 to 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, October 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: 5268326, 5268327, 5268328, 5268329.