Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 2, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 2, 2002
Start: 2002-06-02T16:15
End: 2002-06-02T16:15
Location: Kentucky

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

1 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: 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, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 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

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:00 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:43 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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

MH

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 40 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, 1 hour 15 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

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: June 2, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Johnson County, Paintsville
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.817, -82.800

Two trees were down along Kentucky Highway 825.

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

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: 5302170.