1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Apr 27, 11:51 PM EST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1251 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 ...FOCUS ON SVR WX ATTM AND WINDS SUN... STG 500MB WAVE OVR IA IN CONJ WITH SFC THETA-E AXIS OVER MID-MS RVR VLY ALLOWING FOR +TSRA TO DEVELOP E OF KSTL...AT INTERSECTION OF THE NOSE OF 80KT 500MB AND 60KT 850MB JET CORES. TSRA OVER CWA ATTM OCCURRING NEAR SFC INTERFACE OF NWD MVG WARM FRONT AND AXIS OF 3HR PRES FALLS FROM KSDF TO KCLE AT 4Z. PER LAPS/META SOUNDINGS AND SPC WEB-MESOANAL...TSRA E OF KSTL WILL FORM LINE OF SVR CELLS WITH WIND DAMAGE PRIMARY THREAT AS DCAPE AXIS IS ASSOC WITH LINE AND VRY STG SFC-4KM WIND FIELDS. 700-500MB L/RS ARENT THE BEST WITH THIS SYS BUT SIG 700MB DRYING OCCURRING OVER MS-RVR VLY LEADING TO SVR DOWNDRAFTS. POOL OF 1KM SR-HEL ABV 500 M2/S2 AND LCLS BLO 1KM SUG ISO CELLS COULD SPAWN TORNADOES ESP OVER SRN PERIPHERY OF SVR COMPLEX. LMTG FACTOR IS INSTAB/CIN WITH CAPES FROM KPAH-KSTL ONLY AROUND 1000 J/KG BUT STG LOW-LVL WAA WILL LIKELY INCR THESE VALUES AS NIGHT WEARS ON. ALSO CONVECT CURR OVER KY ATTM MAY LIMIT SFC-BASED INSTAB. OVERALL 0Z META SHOWING BEST LIFT OVER IL/IN BUT SOME EXTENDING INTO KY...AND BASED ON LTG TRENDS THINK BKN LINE OF STG/SVR STORMS WILL MOVE INTO CWA AROUND 7Z. SUN SFC-LI FIELDS SHOW COLD FRONT SLOWLY MVG THRU CWA FROM NW-SE WITH POOL OF -5C TO -8C VALUES AHEAD OF SFC FRONT...SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN UPSTREAM SCT/CLR SKIES. META FCST RAOBS SHOW DRY-ADIAB L/RS TO 800MB OVER ERN ZONES SUN PM WITH STG WINDS IN LOWEST 3KM. SO ANOTHER ROUND OF STG TSRA LIKELY SUN...ENDING NW-SE AS SFC FRONT MOVES THRU. FRZ-LEVEL DROPS TO 11KFT SO SOME HAILERS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STG WINDS. PRE-FRONTAL ATMOS MIXED TO 800MB AND POST FRONTAL MIXED TO 875MB...WITH 925MB WINDS AT/ABOVE 45KTS AND SFC WINDS AT/ABOVE 25KTS MOST OF THE DAY. WILL LIKELY ISSUE WIND ADV (NPWSDF) FOR ENTIRE CWA PRIMARILY ON THREAT OF GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. SUBSIDENT AIRMASS MOVES IN SUN NIGHT WITH SFC HIGH INTO MO. META 900MB RH STILL HIGH OVER CWA SO WILL GO M/CLOUDY. MON SFC-875MB L/RS NEAR DRY-ADIABATIC SO BKN SC/CU WILL LIKELY PERSIST WITH 900MB RHS ABV 80%. WILL JUST GO WITH BLEND OF GUIDANCE AND META FOR POPS/TEMPS. .SDF...WIND ADV SUN ALL ZONES (NPWSDF). SMALLCOMB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
715 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 AM IRVINGTON KY TORNADO
04/28/02 BRECKINRIDGE NUMEROUS TRAILERS
OVERTURNED...SOME IN THE
STREET. WIDESPREAD TREE AND
POWERLINE DAMAGEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
718 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 AM BEE SPRING KY TORNADO
04/28/02 EDMONSON POSSIBLE TORNADO. WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT OF CAR. LARGE
STORAGE BUILDING DESTROYED.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
726 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 AM BEE SPRING KY TORNADO
04/28/02 EDMONSON POSSIBLE TORNADO. WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT OF CAR. LARGE
STORAGE BUILDING DESTROYED.
0530 AM MOODY DEER LAKE KY TORNADO
04/28/02 EDMONSON ROOFS OFF OF TRAILERS. ONE
TRAILER DESTROYED.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
734 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 AM IRVINGTON KY TORNADO
04/28/02 BRECKINRIDGE ONE FATALITYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
746 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 AM CAMPBELLSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02 TAYLOR NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES.
WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN.KYZ026-027-040-041-046>049-054>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-281245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 800 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 TORNADO WATCHES 164 AND 165 WHICH WERE IN EFFECT HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FAYETTE...WOODFORD...CLARK...JESSAMINE...MERCER...MADISON... GARRARD AND BOYLE IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WASHINGTON IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY OHIO IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY MARION...LINCOLN...GRAYSON...CASEY...TAYLOR...GREEN...HART... BUTLER...EDMONSON...ADAIR...WARREN...RUSSELL...METCALFE... BARREN...LOGAN...CUMBERLAND...ALLEN...SIMPSON...CLINTON AND MONROE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THESE WATCHES HAVE MOVED EAST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AS OF 745 AM EDT. SMALLCOMB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Muscatatuck River at Deputy, IN crested at 22.29 feet at 1215 EST on April 28. Flood stage at Deputy is 20 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. County roads were covered with water in northeast Jefferson County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2002
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: 5291828.