Kentucky, 2002

Hail in Kentucky, April 30, 2002

April 30, 2002 · NWS PAH · 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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  • Wind
  • 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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 1:00 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 1:00 AM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
200 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

NEW MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES FROM THE PREVIOUS
RUNS. BOTH THE ETA AND AVN NOW BRING THE SRN U.S. WARM FRONT NWARD
LATER TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THIS WAS ALREADY REFLECTED WELL IN THE
GOING PACKAGE ALTHOUGH THE PREVIOUS RUN SUGGESTED THE NRN STREAM
BOUNDARY MIGHT BE THE MORE ACTIVE PLAYER. THINK THE PCPN CHANCE WL
BE PRIMARILY ACROSS THE SRN TIER TODAY AS BOUNDARY STRUGGLES TO
ENTER OUR VCNTY BY 00Z...HOWEVER WITH GOOD WAA OVERTOP BOUNDARY WL
NOT ELIMINATE THE NRN POP...BUT WL DROP OFF THE NRN THUNDER CHC WITH
NUMEROUS INDICES STILL NOT SUPPORTIVE AT 00Z WED. IN SOUTH...INDICES
ARE SUPPORTIVE FOR THUNDER AND WL THEREFORE EXPAND THUNDER RISK FM
01Z SWODY1 NORTH INTO OUR SRN FA. WL IGNORE THE SLOWER/LOWEST POP
NGM AS MODEL TRENDS ARE INCREASINGLY TOWARD THE FASTER SOLUTIONS.

IF NEW ETA PLAYS OUT EXPECT TO SEE A BIG SVR THREAT LATE WED PM-WED
EVENING. WARM FRONT SURGES 70F TDS NORTH ACROSS FA AS SURFACE LOW
RACES ACROSS SRN FA. ALL INDICES INDICATE ATMOS WL BECOME VERY
UNSTABLE AS WARM SECTOR LIFTS NORTH AHEAD OF INCOMING LOW/COLD
FRONT...WITH LIS/SIS -4 TO -8...KS TO 35...AND CAPES TO 4000
J/KG2...BUT FOCUSED MAINLY ACROSS SRN PTNS FA AND SOUTHWARD. WL GO
AOA GUIDANCE POPS W/LKLY MENTIION PCPN AND STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE
SOUTH...TAPERING TO HIGH CHC BUT LAYING OFF STRONG MENTION NORTH FOR
LATE WED PM-EARLY WED NIGHT. IF AVN ENDS UP BEING WAY TO GO COULD
EXPAND MENTION OF STG-SVR TO NRN COUNTIES...BUT WITH TRENDING TOWARD
FASTER ETA WL FOCUS ON SRN SECTIONS FOR NOW. BOTH AVN/ETA SHOW COLD
FRONT REALLY SWEEPING THRU WED EVENING AND BRINGING END TO SVR THREAT.

NEW GUID IS CONSIDERABLY WARMER AND WL ADJUST ZONES ACCORDINGLY. WL
MAKE LIMITED POST WED NIGHT ADJUSTMENTS AS DATA NECESSITATES IF/WHEN
IT BECOMES AVAIL.

.PAH...NONE.
HUMPHREY

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Christian

When
April 30, 1:30 AM CST
Where
Christian County, Hopkinsville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.850, -87.483

What these are

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

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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: 5292592.