1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jan 24, 10:05 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1005 PM EST THU JAN 24 2002 THE ZONE FORECASTS FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 1030 PM TO SHOW CLOUDY SKIES AND DROP THE POPS FOR PART OF NORTHEAST KY. WE WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN GOING OVER THE SOUTHEAST WHERE DEEP MOISTURE LINGERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. RAINS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS IN FAR SOUTHEAST KY...THUS THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 4 AM. .JKL...FLOOD WATCH FOR KYZ079-080-083>088-115>118 UNTIL 4 AM FRIDAY. SCHAUB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
455 PM EST THU JAN 24 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 AM ELCOMB KY FLASH FLOODING
01/24/02 HARLAN CATRONS CREEK OUT OF ITS
BANKS. WATER IN 4 HOMES
ALONG KY 72. WATER OVER KY
72. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0750 AM NOETOWN KY FLASH FLOODING
01/24/02 BELL KY 66 COVERED WITH WATER.
HOMES THREATENED. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
1200PM 2 NW WOOTON KY FLASH FLOODING
01/24/02 LESLIE A COUPLE FEET OF WATER OVER
OVER MEETING HOUSE BRANCH.
REPORTED BY 24 HOUR POINT.
0300 PM 5 S HYDEN KY FLASH FLOODING
01/24/02 LESLIE WENDOVER ROAD IMPASSABLE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sections of Kentucky highway 1811 were under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 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: 5279643.