Hail in Kentucky, June 2, 2002

Name: Hail in Kentucky, June 2, 2002
Start: 2002-06-02T17:27
End: 2002-06-02T17:27
Location: Kentucky

June 2, 2002 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:35 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

MH

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    IRVINE                    KY   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   ESTILL                         REPORTED BY
                                          GENERAL PUBLIC.

MH

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:35 PM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
535 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    IRVINE                    KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   ESTILL                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0515 PM    MCKEE                     KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/02   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN
                                          COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

MH

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:42 PM EST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
542 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0505 PM    1 S SANDGAP               KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY
                                          GENERAL PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:50 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
550 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0341 PM    IRVINE                    KY   FLASH FLOOD
06/02/02   ESTILL                         *** 1 DEAD ***
                                          ONE PERSON DIED FROM FLASH
                                          FLOODING ALONG WAGERSVILLE
                                          ROAD. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

MH

Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:00 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR ERRONEOUS DROWNING REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
600 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0341 PM    IRVINE                    KY   FLASH FLOOD
06/02/02   ESTILL                         *** 1 INJURED ***
                                          ONE PERSON RESCUED FROM
                                          FLASH FLOODING ALONG
                                          WAGERSVILLE ROAD.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

MH

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clay

When: June 2, 5:27 PM EST
Where: Clay County, Manchester
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.150, -83.750

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

Every storm in Kentucky in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5302172.