Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 25, 2002

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

3

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.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 25, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EDT SUN AUG 25 2002

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE COUNTY FORECAST AREA (CFA)
THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOPING TROF OVER KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE. WE EXPECT THE STORMS TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING AS WE
LOOSE THE DAYTIME HEATING.

THE ETA AND AVN BOTH INDICATE A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. THE SURFACE
LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN GEORGIA. DEEPER
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR CFA BUT THE UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE CFA.

FWC AND MAV TEMPERATURES ARE IN AGREEMENT AND LOOK GOOD THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD.

.SDF...NONE.

JA

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:12 UTC.

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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.

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.

• Damaging Winds in Texas, August 25, 2002$55,000 · 57 kt wind · 14 events
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 25, 2002$40,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 25, 2002$30,000 · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 2002$35,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 25, 2002$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 25, 2002$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Texas, August 25, 2002$22,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 25, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 25, 20021 injured · 1 event
• Hail in Montana, August 25, 2002$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
• Hail in North Dakota, August 25 to 26, 20021 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 25, 20021.5 in hail · 3 events

Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, August 2002

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: 5314180, 5314181, 5314182.