Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- April 19, 5:38 PM EST to 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Boone County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -84.750
Trees were knocked down across the county.
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 19, 2002
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 440 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 WILL ISSUE QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE FOR SEVERE TSTORM WATCH 127 FOR ALL OF OUR OHIO COUNTIES TIL 10 PM. .ILN...NONE. DIAN-REED
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- April 19, 5:45 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -84.383
Thunderstorm winds dropped trees across the county.
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
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, April 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, April 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, April 19 to 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, April 19 to 21, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, April 19 to 20, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2002
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 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: 5292243, 5292244.