Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 17, 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, 3 mi SE of Shipley
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.633, -85.183
The roof was blown off a building.
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 17, 2002
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 17, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2002 MODELS SIMILAR. WL NOT CONT FLOOD WATCH WITH NEW FCST CYCL. HIGHEST REFLECTIVITIES OVER THE EASTERN CWA AT 18Z AND MOVEMENT WL TAKE BEYOND CWA ADVANCING SLOWLY EAST WITH FURTHER WEAKENING. NO FLOODING REPORTED THIS EPISODE OF RAIN WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 INCH SOME SRN COUNTIES ALNG THE KY-TN BORDER. SLUGGISH COLD FRONT OVER NRN KY PROJECTED TO MOVE SWD TNGT AND ERLY SAT AS WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRES FORMS ALONG FRONT. AS SGFNT LOW FORMS ALONG FRONT OVR SE KY ERY SAT ...MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AMS WL FLOW OVER RGN AND THKNS VALUES BEGING LOWERING IN EARNEST. ALTHO RGNL TEMPS RATHER COLD FOR MID MAY THIS WEEKEND...WDSPRD FROST NOT LKLY BASED UPON DATA AVBL ATTM. WL CLOSELY MONITOR LATE NIGHT NUMERICAL MODELS. .SDF...NONE. CONGER
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 17, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Countywide
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.717, -85.117
Trees were downed.
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
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 17, 2002
- Extreme Cold in New York, May 17 to 18, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2002
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 2002
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 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: 5300035, 5300036.