Thunderstorm Wind, Rockcastle
- When
- July 2, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rockcastle County, Brodhead
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -84.417
Trees and power lines were down on Kentucky Highway 150.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 2, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- 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
- 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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 9:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1020 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 ZONES WERE UPDATED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST SAT AND RADAR TRENDS. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IS GREATER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST AND STORMS HAVE PERSISTED LONGER THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. AFTER EARLIER ROUND OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS...MCS TYPE SYSTEM HAS DRIFTED SOUTHWEST FROM WV AND INTO EASTERN KY AS IT ROTATES AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE. STORMS APPEAR TO BE REDEVELOPING ON THE PERIPHERY OF THIS SYSTEM IN AREAS NOT WORKED OVER FROM LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING CONVECTION AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES OFF TO THE WEST. WITH DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...TROPICAL DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. POPS WERE CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND RAISED OVER THE EASTERN ZONES. UPDATED GRIDS HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT. .JKL...NONE. PELTON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:41 PM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
641 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 PM 2SE BILLOWS KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 LAUREL ALONG THE PULASKI AND
LAUREL COUNTY LINE REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
CEGLocal storm report, Jul 2, 5:45 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
645 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0410 PM CLOVER BOTTOM KY .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 JACKSON REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
0415 PM 5NW JACKSON KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 BREATHITT REPORTED BY
PUBLIC
CEGLocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:30 PM EST, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
830 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM DORTON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/02/02 PIKE WATER OVER BLAZE BRANCH
ROAD REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0805 PM DORTON KY FLASH FLOODS
07/02/02 PIKE PEOPLE CUT OFF BY RISING
WATER FROM BEEFHIDE CREEK
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER
0705 PM MARROWBONE KY WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 PIKE TREE BLOWN DOWN REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER
0700 PM BLACKBERRY KY WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 PIKE TREE BLOWN DOWN REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER
CEGLocal storm report, Jul 2, 9:11 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
1011 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM OIL SPRINGS KY WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 JOHNSON TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
825 REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0900 PM SITKA KY WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 JOHNSON TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 201
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0900 PM JENKINS KY FLASH FLOODS
07/02/02 LETCHER SEVERAL COUNTY AND CITY
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH
FLOODING REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:29 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
1129 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM DORTON KY FLOOD
07/02/02 PIKE 4 FEET OF WATER OVER ROADS
IN DORTON...SOME
EVACUATING.REPORTED BY 24
HR WARNING POINTThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Maryland, July 2 to 4, 2002
- Heat in Connecticut, July 2 to 4, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 2, 2002
- Flood in Texas, July 2 to 3, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, July 2, 2002
- Flood in Texas, July 2 to 6, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, July 2, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 2, 2002
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 2002
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: 5312138.