Kentucky, 2002

Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 2, 2002

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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  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • 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, 7:20 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:20 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
820 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STILL
BUSY WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS AND ISOLATED SVR STORMS. SAT PICS/AREA
RADAR MOSAICS INDICATE THINGS SHOULD END TOWARD/AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND TRIED TO WORD ZONES THAT WAY. FOG COULD GET DENSE IN
AREAS LATE TONIGHT IF WINDS STAY LIGHT ENOUGH.

ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE NEEDED LATER AS STORMS COME TO AN END.

.JKL...NONE.

HALL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:42 PM EST, 2 hours 38 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, 2 hours 30 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, 2 hours 20 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:33 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
633 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

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

0545 PM    5 WNW SANDGAP             KY   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0245 PM    11 W JACKSON              KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/02   BREATHITT                      TREES DOWN ON HOLLAND ROAD
                                          NEAR KENTUCKY ROUTE 30.
                                          REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC.

0515 PM    PAINTSVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/02   JOHNSON                        2 TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          KENTUCKY ROUTE 825.
                                          REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC.

0622 PM    MANCHESTER                KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   CLAY                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0627 PM    MANCHESTER                KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   CLAY                           REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

MH
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:00 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
700 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

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

0530 PM    7 NE SALYERSVILLE         KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   MAGOFFIN                       REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

MH
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:23 PM EST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
723 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

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

0710 PM    SANDGAP                   KY   FLASH FLOODS
06/02/02   JACKSON                        KENTUCKY ROUTE 421 CLOSED
                                          BETWEEN SANDGAP AND
                                          MORRILL DUE TO HIGH AND
                                          FLOWING WATER.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.                                   ENFORCEMENT

MH

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rockcastle

When
June 2, 7:20 PM EST
Where
Rockcastle County, 7 mi SW of Mt Vernon
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
37.283, -84.433

One tree was down in the Willailla community near Kentucky Highway 70 and John Mason Brown Road.

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.

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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: 5300766.