Kentucky, 2002

Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 2, 2002

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

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 May 2, 2:30 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:30 PM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL CLEAR AREA
TONIGHT...WITH DRY AND COOLER WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. FRONT WILL STALL
OUT TO OUR SOUTH AND SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST OUT OF MS VALLEY WILL
INDUCE SFC WAVE ALONG FRONT. OVERRUNNING PCPN ON TAP FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER SRN PART OF
CWFA. THE SHORT WAVE MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY WITH DRY
WEATHER BRIEFLY RETURNING FOR SUNDAY. CHC OF TSTMS FOR MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK.

.JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SRN 1/2 OF AREA UNTIL 8 PM .

SBH

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Floyd

When
May 2, 3:20 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where
Floyd County, Countywide
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
37.557, -82.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains caused numerous roads to flood across Floyd County. Two automobiles were caught in flood waters in Martin.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5297281.