Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 28, 2002
Start: 2002-04-28T12:25
End: 2002-04-28T12:25
Location: Kentucky

Where it happened

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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, 3:05 AM EST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:05 AM EST, 9 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

NOW FIRMLY IN WARM SECTOR.  ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SIMILAR IN KICKING
RAIN OUT TONIGHT.  WILL PUT NORTHERN COUNTIES IN FLOOD WATCH.  FFG
HAS ALREADY BEEN MET IN SEVERAL COUNTIES AND EXPECTING POSSIBLE
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. KEEPING WIND ADVISORY FOR HIGHER
TERRAIN.

PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK FOR MOST PART. BEEFED UP STORM
WORDING. LOWERED MAX TEMPS WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER.  COULD SEE
SOME TROUBLE STORMS WITHIN A FEW HOURS.  ANOTHER ROUND IS QUITE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND STRONG
WIND PROFILE COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR US...WITH A RELATIVELY LOW
CONVECTIVE TEMP IN THE MID 70S.

GOT TO GO.

.JKL...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2000 FEET IN FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY...KYZ087-088-115-117-118-120.

HEINLEIN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:47 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
847 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0745 AM    6 W  MT VERNON            KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   ROCKCASTLE                     TREES DOWNED AND PARTS OF
                                          A BUILDING BLOWN OFF ON
                                          WEBB JONES ROAD AT
                                          WILLAILLA.

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:38 AM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-106>117-119-281400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
938 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

AT 930 AM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAD
MOVED EAST OF THE TORNADO WATCH BOX AND IS NO LONGER CURRENTLY A
THREAT.

HOWEVER...MORE STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.  STAY TUNED FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
COMING OUT SOON WHICH WILL EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER FOR LATER TODAY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION
OR RADIO STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL.

HEINLEIN

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 9:19 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-290000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1019 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE
GENERALLY NORTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND ROUTE 80.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR WILL FUEL THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...STRONG AND VEERING
WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE MID AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN AREAS AROUND MOUNT
STERLING...FLEMINGSBURG...AND MOREHEAD. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL
TRANSITION SOUTHEAST TO AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. SKYWARN
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE WEATHER SITUATION
AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

HAL

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan

When: April 28, 12:25 PM EST
Where: Morgan County, Cannel City
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.783, -83.283

Trees were down.

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.

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More

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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: 5292877.