Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 28, 2002
Start: 2002-04-28T05:30
End: 2002-04-28T05:30
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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 27, 11:51 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 11:51 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1251 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...FOCUS ON SVR WX ATTM AND WINDS SUN...

STG 500MB WAVE OVR IA IN CONJ WITH SFC THETA-E AXIS OVER MID-MS RVR
VLY ALLOWING FOR +TSRA TO DEVELOP E OF KSTL...AT INTERSECTION OF THE
NOSE OF 80KT 500MB AND 60KT 850MB JET CORES. TSRA OVER CWA ATTM
OCCURRING NEAR SFC INTERFACE OF NWD MVG WARM FRONT AND AXIS OF 3HR
PRES FALLS FROM KSDF TO KCLE AT 4Z. PER LAPS/META SOUNDINGS AND SPC
WEB-MESOANAL...TSRA E OF KSTL WILL FORM LINE OF SVR CELLS WITH WIND
DAMAGE PRIMARY THREAT AS DCAPE AXIS IS ASSOC WITH LINE AND VRY STG
SFC-4KM WIND FIELDS. 700-500MB L/RS ARENT THE BEST WITH THIS SYS
BUT SIG 700MB DRYING OCCURRING OVER MS-RVR VLY LEADING TO SVR
DOWNDRAFTS. POOL OF 1KM SR-HEL ABV 500 M2/S2 AND LCLS BLO 1KM SUG
ISO CELLS COULD SPAWN TORNADOES ESP OVER SRN PERIPHERY OF SVR
COMPLEX. LMTG FACTOR IS INSTAB/CIN WITH CAPES FROM KPAH-KSTL ONLY
AROUND 1000 J/KG BUT STG LOW-LVL WAA WILL LIKELY INCR THESE VALUES
AS NIGHT WEARS ON. ALSO CONVECT CURR OVER KY ATTM MAY LIMIT
SFC-BASED INSTAB. OVERALL 0Z META SHOWING BEST LIFT OVER IL/IN BUT
SOME EXTENDING INTO KY...AND BASED ON LTG TRENDS THINK BKN LINE OF
STG/SVR STORMS WILL MOVE INTO CWA AROUND 7Z. SUN SFC-LI FIELDS SHOW
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MVG THRU CWA FROM NW-SE WITH POOL OF -5C TO -8C
VALUES AHEAD OF SFC FRONT...SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN UPSTREAM SCT/CLR
SKIES. META FCST RAOBS SHOW DRY-ADIAB L/RS TO 800MB OVER ERN ZONES
SUN PM WITH STG WINDS IN LOWEST 3KM. SO ANOTHER ROUND OF STG TSRA
LIKELY SUN...ENDING NW-SE AS SFC FRONT MOVES THRU. FRZ-LEVEL DROPS
TO 11KFT SO SOME HAILERS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STG WINDS. PRE-FRONTAL
ATMOS MIXED TO 800MB AND POST FRONTAL MIXED TO 875MB...WITH 925MB
WINDS AT/ABOVE 45KTS AND SFC WINDS AT/ABOVE 25KTS MOST OF THE DAY.
WILL LIKELY ISSUE WIND ADV (NPWSDF) FOR ENTIRE CWA PRIMARILY ON
THREAT OF GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. SUBSIDENT AIRMASS MOVES IN SUN NIGHT
WITH SFC HIGH INTO MO. META 900MB RH STILL HIGH OVER CWA SO WILL GO
M/CLOUDY. MON SFC-875MB L/RS NEAR DRY-ADIABATIC SO BKN SC/CU WILL
LIKELY PERSIST WITH 900MB RHS ABV 80%. WILL JUST GO WITH BLEND OF
GUIDANCE AND META FOR POPS/TEMPS.

.SDF...WIND ADV SUN ALL ZONES (NPWSDF).

SMALLCOMB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:38 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
438 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0422 AM    CLOVERPORT                KY   TORNADO
04/28/02   BRECKINRIDGE                   *** 0 DEAD, 0 INJ ***
                                          TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
                                          THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 144
                                          AND CLOVERPORT RD

Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:01 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
501 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0450 AM    HARTFORD                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   OHIO                           12 LARGE TREES DOWN... ONE
                                          WHICH WAS 80 FEET TALL

Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:38 AM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
538 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0450 AM    HARTFORD                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   OHIO                           12 LARGE TREES DOWN... ONE
                                          WHICH WAS 80 FEET TALL

0455 AM    RADCLIFF                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   HARDIN                         POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          THREE HOUSES HAVE LOST
                                          THEIR ROOFS.

Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:55 AM EST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
555 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0520 AM    ANNETA                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   GRAYSON                        ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:04 AM EST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
604 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0450 AM    MUNFORDVILLE              KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   HART

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: April 28, 5:30 AM EST
Where: Henry County, Pleasureville
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.350, -85.117

Trees were uprooted and power lines were downed.

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

More

Every storm in Kentucky in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5299909.