Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T19:53
End: 2002-07-03T20:15
Location: Kentucky

July 3, 2002 · NWS LMK · 4 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Jul 3, 12:40 PM EST, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:40 PM EST, 7 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
140 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

SAT IMAGERY AT 17Z MOSTLY VOID OF ANY SGFNT CLD COVER OVER CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. TEMPS OVR CWA MNLY IN THE LOWER 90S. HEAT INDICIES MNLY 95 TO 100
DEGREES.

BOUNDARIES LEFT FROM SPOTTY CONVECTION AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN
INSTABILITY PROBABLY WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL SPOTTY TSRA LATE
THIS AFTN AND INTO THIS EVENING...BUT...MNLY OVR SRN AND ERN KY.

ACTIVITY XPCTD TO DSPT BY LATE EVE WITH CLR TO PTCLDY SKIES TO BCM THE
RULE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.

NO SGFNT CHANGES IN UPPER AIR PTRN XPCTD INTO WEEKEND TRANSLATE INTO MORE
TYPICAL JULY WX WITH LTLE DAY TO DAY TMP CHG.

.SDF...NONE.

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The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:50 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Allen

When: July 3, 7:53 PM EST
Where: Allen County, Holland
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.700, -86.067

One tree was also blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: July 3, 7:58 PM EST
Where: Allen County, Holland
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.700, -86.067

Power lines were blown down.

Hail, Allen

When: July 3, 8:15 PM EST
Where: Allen County, Scottsville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.750, -86.183

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: July 3, 8:15 PM EST
Where: Allen County, Scottsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.750, -86.183

Several large tree branches were blown down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Kentucky in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5303816, 5303817, 5303818, 5303819.