Kentucky, 2002

Hail in Kentucky, May 6, 2002

May 6, 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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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 May 6, 1:20 AM EST, 10 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:20 AM EST, 10 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
220 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2002

THE NGM...ETA AND AVN AGREE WELL FOR TODAY AND TUESDAY. AS THE UPPER
RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PUSHES SLOWLY NORTH DUE TO TROUGHING OUT
WEST...DISTURBANCES IN THE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL MOVE OVER THE TOP OF
IT. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE OH VALLEY. FOR TODAY...
A VORTICITY MAX...SUPPORTING THE CONVECTION OVER MO NOW...WILL REACH
CENTRAL KY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVER
EASTERN KY. THEN THE MODELS INDICATE THAT A BOUNDARY FROM THAT
CONVECTION SETS UP ACROSS KY...AND SERVES AS A FOCUS FOR MORE
ACTIVITY TONIGHT AS ANOTHER VORTICITY MAX APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
THE ETA MODEL SHOWS GOOD LOW-LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION ON SOUTHWEST
WINDS INTO EASTERN KY OVERNIGHT...AND LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP WITH
BEST LIFTED INDEXES BETWEEN -2 AND -6. THUS...THERE IS SOME CONCERN
FOR HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KY
OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH MODEL QPF IS ONLY SHOWING ABOUT HALF AN INCH
OF AREAL AVERAGE COVERAGE. FOR TUESDAY...PERIODS OF RAIN ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED...MAINLY NORTHEAST...AS VORT MAXES TRAVEL OVER THE OH RIVER
AND GENERATE A WAVE ON THE BOUNDARY ACROSS KY. BY TUESDAY
NIGHT...THE UPPER RIDGE PUSHES FARTHER NORTH...AND FORCES MOST OF
THE CONVECTION TO SHIFT NORTH OF EASTERN KY. SINCE THE LATEST
SWODY1 SHOWS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER PART OF NORTHEAST
KY TODAY AND TONIGHT...WE WILL ISSUE A STATEMENT THIS MORNING BUT
EMPHASIZE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE CHANCE OF STRONG STORMS.

THE FORECASTS FOR WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND LOOK VERY GOOD. THE SKY
CONDITION FOR THURSDAY WILL BE INCREASED TO MOSTLY CLOUDY...DUE TO
A CANADIAN COLD FRONT THAT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THAT DAY.
NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PLANNED.

IFPS/GFE...
THE GRIDS WILL BE UPDATED MAINLY TO INCREASE POPS FOR TODAY AND
TUESDAY.

PRELIMINARY CCF...
JKL 73/64 78/65  7886
LOZ 75/63 80/64  7765

.JKL...NONE.

SCHAUB

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Whitley

When
May 6, 12:07 PM EST
Where
Whitley County, Williamsburg
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
36.733, -84.167

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5297593.