Kentucky, 2002

Hail in Kentucky, March 29, 2002

March 29, 2002 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Mar 29, 8:03 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 8:03 PM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
803 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002

SENT OUT AN UPDATE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50 VALID UNTIL 1 AM EST.

WILD NIGHT AROUND EASTERN KENTUCKY WITH LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL PASSING
JUST TO THE NORTH OF JKL AND A SECONDARY ONE THAT MOVED RIGHT
THROUGH JKL.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL WITH THESE SYSTEMS.

ROUND TWO IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER LOUISVILLES CWA.  THIS ACTIVITY
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO OUR AREA LATER THIS EVENING.

JKL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

JARVIS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 6:14 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
614 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

0605 PM    IRVINE                    KY   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   ESTILL                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 7:02 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
702 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002

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

0555 PM    FOX                       KY   WIND DAMAGE
03/29/02   IRVINE                         SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0605 PM    IRVINE                    KY   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   ESTILL                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0618 PM    4 N BEATTYVILLE           KY   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   LEE                            REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          WEATHER OBSERVER.

0620 PM    BEATTYVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
03/29/02   LEE                            REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0638 PM    JACKSON                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   BREATHITT                      REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

0641 PM    2 N JACKSON               KY   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   BREATHITT                      REPORTED BY SPOUSE OF NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

0643 PM    JACKSON                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   BREATHITT                      HAIL WAS COVERING THE
                                          GROUND AT LAKESIDE
                                          SUBDIVISION. REPORTED BY
                                          OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.

JC

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fleming

When
March 29, 8:15 PM EST
Where
Fleming County, Fairview
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.467, -83.933

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.

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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: 5286651.