Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 14, 2002

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.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 1:30 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2002

SHORT TERM:
WITH PARTIAL CLEARING THIS AFTN THE SFC BASED LIS WERE IN THE -2 TO
-4 RANGE BY 2PM OVR SWRN PTNS OF FA. ALSO SAT PICS INDCT DECENT VERT
DVLPMNT ON CU WITH PAH AND LVX 88D RADARS SHOWING SOME TRW DVLPMNT.
SO...WL DO THE OBVIOUS AND MTN SCT TSTMS EARLY TONIGHT.

LATER TNGHT...WI MOSTLY CLR SKIES AND LIGHT SRLY FLOW WI SFC DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOWER 60S...WL MTN SOME LATE NIGHT FOG.

WARMEST STRETCH OF THE SPRING SEASON SO FA SHAPING UP NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS WITH MAX TEMPS AT OR ABOVE THE 80 DEGREE MARK ON MON AND TUE.
NOT SO WARM ON WED WITH INCRSD CLDS AND CHC OF SHWS/TSTMS AS PER THE
CURRENT FCST.

WITH THE AIR ALSO WARMER AND A LITTLE DRIER IN THE MIDDLE
LEVELS...AND WITH NO SGFNT SYNOPTIC FEATURES TO TRIGGER MORE
TSTMS...WILL NOT MENTION ANY PRECIP UNTIL TUE NITE AND WED.

PREFER THE FWC TEMP AND POP TRENDS OVR THE MAV...AND ETA VALUES AFTER
TONIGHT.

.SDF...NONE

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.

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Hail

Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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.

• Flood in Wisconsin, April 14 to 18, 2002$189,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Nevada, April 14, 2002$150,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Washington, April 14, 2002$100,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event
• Flood in Wisconsin, April 14 to 19, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Vermont, April 14, 2002$40,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 14, 2002$40,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Illinois, April 14, 2002$25,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
• High Wind in Montana, April 14, 20022 injured · 74 kt wind · 4 events
• Flood in Vermont, April 14, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
• Flood and Damaging Winds in Idaho, April 14, 200260 kt wind · 5 events
• High Wind in California, April 14 to 16, 200290 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail in Wisconsin, April 14, 20021 in hail · 4 events

Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5291366, 5291367, 5291368.