1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002 CURRENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF OUR CWA. CONVECTION MOVING SE ALONG BOUNDARY WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE HAIL...TREES DOWN...AND HEAVY RAIN. THINGS SHOULD QUIET DOWN THIS EVENING...CHC POPS FOR THE EARLY EVE CONVECTION. MON WILL BE JUST AS UNSTABLE...BUT WITH THE FRONT TOO OUR NORTH...POPS WILL BE JUST SLIGHT CHANCE. LOW CHANCE POPS TUE...FRONT STILL TO NORTH THOUGH. STRETCHED OUT SYSTEM/TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA STARTING LATE WED. UNCERTAIN EXTENDED: BIG CHANGE FROM GOING FORECAST WITH THE DRAMATIC SWING TO A FASTER/DRYER EVOLUTION. HPC AND OTHERS LIKE THE FRONT THROUGH OUR CWA BY THU WITH A DRY WEEKEND. CONSENSUS IS THAT THE 06Z AVN/ 00Z MRF ARE NOT HANDLING THE SITUATION WELL. DISCREPANCIES SEEN ACROSS THE BOARD AMONGST MODELS. MRF DEVELOPS A CUT OFF LOW IN THE SE U.S....LINGERING THE PRECIP OVER EASTERN KY. ECMWF ON THE OTHER HAND TAKES TROUGH QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND RIDGING BUILDING OVER OUR AREA BY SAT. A COMPROMISE LOOKS GOOD...BOTH MODELS ON EXTREME SIDE. ENSEMBLES CLEARLY SHOW THE UNCERTAINTY. AS FOR TEMPS...OPMRF DROPPING TEMPS TO AS LOW AS UPPER 60S FOR FRI...ALTHOUGH MRF ENSEMBLES SHOW THIS TO BE THE OUTLIER. WILL GO IN BETWEEN ENSEMBLE MEAN AND OPMRF...WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT FORECAST. QUICK GLANCE AT 12Z/AVN LOOKS BETTER...FITS FORECAST BETTER...LOOKS MORE REASONABLE. IFPS/GFE... POPULATED FIRST 60 HOURS WITH MESOETA WINDS/ TEMPS/ DEWPOINTS...ADJUSTED EXTENDED AS DISCUSSED ABOVE. WORK ZONES WILL BE AVAILABLE BEFORE TOO LONG IN THE AFOS PRODUCT SDFOZFJKL. .JKL...NONE. OUDEMAN
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 100 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN OHIO WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO KENTUCKY TODAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE. BECAUSE OF THE INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND MODERATE WIND FIELDS ALOFT...STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY. HALL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
243 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM 1 W IRVINE KY 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 ESTILL REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER
0153 PM IRVINE KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 ESTILL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0155 PM IRVINE KY WIND DAMAGE
06/02/02 ESTILL TREES DOWNREPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0155 PM IRVINE KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 ESTILL REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0155 PM IRVINE KY FLASH FLOODS
06/02/02 ESTILL TWO FEET OF FLOWING WATER
OVER SEVERAL
ROADWAYS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER
0213 PM SHOULDERBLADE KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 BREATHITT REPORTED BY
OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
MHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
335 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM TURKEY FOOT KY .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 JACKSON LASTED FOR FIVE
MINUTES.
REPORTED BY
GENERAL PUBLIC.
MHThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One person was rescued from fast flowing, high water along Wagersville Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2002
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: 5300770.