Kentucky, 2002Damaging 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.
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- 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
MHLocal 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
MHLocal 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.
MHLocal 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.
MHLocal 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
MHThunderstorm 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.
- 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.
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 2002$5.0 million · 1 event
- Wildfire in New Jersey, June 2 to 6, 2002$700,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 2, 2002$290,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
- Wildfire in California, June 2 to 4, 2002$110,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 10, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 2, 2002$40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 2, 2002$35,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, June 2 to 3, 2002$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 2, 2002$20,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 2, 20021 in hail · 14 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002$15,000 · 1 event
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.