Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- January 24, 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, Hartford
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -86.917
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, January 24, 2002
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines over much of central Kentucky, in addition to the above damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $173,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 happened
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines over much of central Kentucky, in addition to the above damage.
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 Jan 23, 2:45 PM EST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 2:45 PM EST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 PM EST WED JAN 23 2002 MODELS IN PRETTY MUCH AGREEMENT. PROBLEMS CONT WITH IFPS. WL REINTRODUCE PCPN WITH SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVNC OF VIGOROUS CDFNT SLATED TO PRESS INTO LOWER OHIO VALLEY TNGHT WITH PROGRESSION FURTHER EAST ON THURS. AMS THEN BEGINS TO DRY OUT FROM THE WEST AND NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILD INTO RGN AND WIND SHIFTS TO NORTH. WL MNTN HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN ALL ZONES FOR TONIGHT AND SPS ISSUED. NGM AND AVN MOS RSNBL XCPT IN THE FIRST 12 TO 18 HOURS...WL USE THE 3HRLY MOS TMPS...THRFTR WL USE A BLEND OF MOS. .SDF...NONE. CONGER
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- January 24, 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Butler County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -86.667
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- January 24, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grayson County, Tar Hill
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.567, -86.217
Winds ripped the roof off a self serve car wash. Trees and power lines were also downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Edmonson
- When
- January 24, 3:10 AM EST
- Where
- Edmonson County, Countywide
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.217, -86.217
Trees were blown down throughout the county. A garage was blown down, several storage buildings were blown away, and a propane gas tank was blown over. Winds also damaged windows and roofs on homes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Casey
- When
- January 24, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Casey County, Liberty
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.317, -84.950
Numerous trees were blown down. Wind damaged the roff of a building and blew out the window at a grocery store.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- January 24, 4:45 AM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.717, -85.967
Lightning, Hardin
- When
- January 24, 4:45 AM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Radcliff
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.698, -85.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a home along Wintergreen Road in Radcliff. The home was totally destroyed by fire. There were no injuries.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- January 24, 4:45 AM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, White Mills
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -86.033
A 200 year old maple tree was blown on to a car.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 24, 2002
- Heat in Georgia, January 24 to 31, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 24, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 24, 2002
- High Wind in Washington, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 24, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 24 to 26, 2002
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 24, 2002
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 24, 2002
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: 5279644, 5279645, 5279646, 5279647, 5279648, 5279649, 5279650, 5279651.