Kentucky, 2002

Hail in Kentucky, April 28, 2002

April 28, 2002 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 3:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:30 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

ROUND TWO OF THE SQUALL LINES HAVE PASSED THRU AND WE ARE IN THE
LULL JUST PRIOR TO FNTL PASSAGE. AT 19Z FNT EXTENDED FROM PIT TO PKB
TO HOP TO LIT. HAVE NOT HAD MUCH CHANCE TO LOOK AT MODELS OR READ
DISCUSSIONS. ALTHOUGH THE PMD SUGGESTS AN AVN/ETA COMPROMISE IS BEST
FOR NOW. IN ANY CASE THE NEAR TERM LOOKS DRY WITH ANOTHER ROUND DUE
IN ON TUE. CURRENT FCST HAS THIS COVERED AND HAVE ADDED DAY 7. WX
ALSO LOOKS DRY FROM EARLY FRI THRU THE WEEKEND.

WILL ISSUE EVENING PACKAGE WITH THE EXPIRATION OF THE TOR WATCH AND
THE FLOOD WATCH.  WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY WITH THE ISSUANCE.
NO CHAT TODAY DUE TO SVR.

GOT TO GO.

.JKL...NONE

DUSTY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:02 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
402 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

1235 PM    SLADE                     KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   POWELL                         REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVER.

0134 PM    7 N MONTICELLO            KY   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY
RESCUE SQUAD.

0142 PM    VAN LEAR                  KY   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.

0145 PM    PAINTSVILLE               KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVER.

0200 PM    5 E LILY                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   LAUREL                         REPORTED BY 24 HOUR
                                          WARNING POINT.

JC

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pike

When
April 28, 3:30 PM EST
Where
Pike County, Phyllis
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.433, -82.367

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5292884.