Kentucky, 2002Flood in Kentucky, January 25 to 27, 2002
January 25 to 27, 2002 · NWS LMK · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Jan 24, 2:56 PM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 2:56 PM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EST EST THU JAN 24 2002
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAD SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY FORECAST AREA
AT 19Z.
THE FORECAST CONCERN WILL FOCUS ON THIS EVENING. A WEAK SURFACE LOW
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COLD FRONT. THIS SYSTEM BRINGS
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AND CLOUD
COVER TO THE REGION. WE WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS OVER THE
SOUTHERN CFA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM THE NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND MOST OF THE REGION SHOULD BE CLEAR BY
MORNING.
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE FAIRLY BEGIN AS A MID LEVEL RIDGE
BUILDS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL
BE WILL ABOVE NORMAL.
.SDF...NONE.
JA
Flood, Butler
- When
- January 25, 1:00 AM EST to January 27, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.207, -86.682 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Green River at Woodbury was above flood stage from early in the morning on January 25 until early in the morning on January 27. The river crested at 35.5 feet at 7 PM EST on January 25. Flood stage at Woodbury is 33 feet. This stage causes minor flooding, with lowlands around the town beginning to flood.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 25 to 28, 20027 events
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 25 to 26, 20025 events
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 25 to 26, 20024 events
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 20024 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 25, 2002$1,000 · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 20023 events
- Flood in Kentucky, January 25 to 29, 20021 event
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 25, 20021 event
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 25 to 26, 20021 event
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 25, 20021 event
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 25, 20021 event
- Cold in Alaska, January 25, 20021 event
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: 5279725.