Storms in Kentucky in 2002

1,426 events in 638 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Kentucky in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

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 year

Events: 1,426
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 60
Damage: $177 million
Episodes: 638

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	370	0	5	$1.3 million
Hail	361	0	6	$44 million
Flash Flood	182	0	1	$861,000
Flood	143	1	10	$37 million
Heavy Snow	109	0	0
Winter Storm	62	0	0
High Wind	58	0	0	$140,000
Drought	48	0	0	$70 million
Ice Storm	26	0	0	$49,000
Heavy Rain	21	0	0	$10,000
Tornado	19	1	36	$23 million
Excessive Heat	12	0	0
Lightning	8	0	2	$67,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	4	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.