Thunderstorm Wind, Letcher
- When
- May 2, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Letcher County, Millstone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.167, -82.733
Strong winds blew down trees and power lines.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 2, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $3,000
- 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, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 55 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), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Rip Currents in Florida, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, May 2, 2002
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 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: 5297284.