Name: Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 29, 2002
Start: 2002-07-29T18:50
End: 2002-07-29T19:40
Location: Indiana

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 across South Central Indiana.

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 Jul 29, 12:55 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:55 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
155 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EARLY TONIGHT...BUT...DONT COUNT ON THEM...

A WEAK UPPER LEVEL MOVING ACROSS MIDWEST WL ADVANCE EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
REGION TONIGHT. MOST S/W ENERGY WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER ALTHOUGH
A SMALL CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS CONNECTED WITH SYS WL BE POSBL OVER CWA. BEST
THREAT WL BE FURTHER NORTH.

ALL MODEL VERY SIMILAR AND POINT TO SMALL CHC POPS WITH CHCS DWINDLING AFT
06Z.

LOWER 90 DEGREE TEMPS WERE RATHER COMMONPLC OVR CWA AT ERY AFTN
CREATING HEAT INDICIES AROUND 100 A CARBON COPY OF THE LAST FEW DAYS.
A SOUTHWEST LOW LVL FLOW PREVAILED AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVES WELL TO THE EAST OF THE OHIO VALLEY
TUESDAY...THE CWA WL CONTINUE TO BAKE WITH THE THERMOMETER MAKING DAILY
RUNS INTO THE LOWER 90S. HIGH HUMIDITIES ARE ON TAP ALSO. THUS THE HEAT INDEX
VALUES WILL BE MAKING DAILY RUNS TO NEAR 100 DEGREES.

.SDF...NONE.

RDC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:15 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ025-029>032-034>038-300215-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
415 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND THOSE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...ROUGHLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SKIM ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. BECAUSE
OF STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY
BE REQUESTED.

Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:55 PM EST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
655 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 PM    7 NW LEXINGTON            KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/02   FAYETTE                        REPORTED 56 MPH WIND GUST
                                          4 NE OF BLUEGRASS AIRPORT.
                                          TREES DOWN JUST SOUTH OF
                                          LEXINGTON.

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:28 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
728 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    8 E CAMPBELLSBURG         KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/02   HENRY                          TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 193

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison

When: July 29, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Corydon
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.217, -86.117

Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd

When: July 29, 7:10 PM EST
Where: Floyd County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.333, -85.917

Thunderstorm Wind, Clark

When: July 29, 7:40 PM EST
Where: Clark County, Clarksville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.317, -85.767

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

More

Every storm in Indiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, July 2002

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: 5303827, 5303828, 5303829.