Hail, Boyd
- When
- June 1, 7:08 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd County, Ashland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.467, -82.633
Hail in Kentucky, June 1, 2002
1 hail, 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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:39 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:39 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 335 PM EDT SAT JUNE 1 2002 SHORT RANGE TONIGHT-MON NIGHT... SEVERE WX MOVED THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF HAIL...MARBLE AND DIME SIZE. ALSO HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES GIVING ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN. OF COURSE SOME OF THIS IS PROBABLY HAIL CONTAMINATED. OTHER THAN THAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER SAME AREA. TAKING A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THIS AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST IN SOUTHERN AREA...LEAVING THE NORTH DRY THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING FOR THE SAME OLD STORY FOR THE SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PLAYED A BIT WITH TIMING..BUT NOT TOO MANY CHANGES COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ISSUANCE. EXTENDED RANGE (TUES-SATURDAY)... WARM SECTOR MODE WITH DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. WENT WITH IDEA OF FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND IN THE AREA THURS-SAT. ADDED POPS ACCORDINGLY FRI-SAT PER ISC. NOT FAR FROM NUMBERS ON TEMPS OR POPS. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / KS + TRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:15 PM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
315 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM WILLIAMSTOWN WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/02 MINGOSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 4:23 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
VAZ004-012315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 523 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS BUCHANAN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY ARE APPROACHING ONE INCH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS. PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MORE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS BUCHANAN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...HENCE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER...ESPECIALLY IN CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH HAVE DEBRIS IN THEM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION TO SEE IF ANY WARNINGS ARE NEEDED. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THINGS CEASE. .END/
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:03 PM EST, 5 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
803 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
801 PM FLATWOODS KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02 GREENUP EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
746 PM AND 801 PM
NWUS51 KRLX 020003
LSRRLX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0803 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0801 PM FLATWOODS KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02 GREENUP EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0746 PM AND 0801 PMLocal storm report, Jun 1, 7:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0808 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0806 PM ASHLAND KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02 BOYD EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0751 PM AND 0806 PMThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, June 1, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, June 1 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 1 to 6, 2002
- Tornado in Idaho, June 1, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2002
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 1 to 10, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 1, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Utah, June 1, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 1, 2002
- Drought in South Dakota, June 1 to 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 1, 2002
- Drought in Colorado, June 1 to 30, 2002
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 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: 5301476.