Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 15, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 15, 2002
Start: 2002-09-15T14:20
End: 2002-09-15T14:20
Location: Kentucky

September 15, 2002 · NWS LMK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 thunderstorm wind, 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: 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 Sep 15, 1:30 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 1:30 PM EST, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM PAH
TO NEAR SDF AT 18Z. THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT AND
ALONG THE DEW POINT AXIS. WE EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DROP SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. WE WILL
KEEP OVERNIGHT POPS IN THE CHC CATEGORY AND TAKE OUT THE MENTION OF
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CFA AFT 06Z.

THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF KENTUCKY MONDAY AND HIGH PRESSURE
MOVING ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING DRIER AIR AND
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES BACK INTO THE REGION.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS S/W
ENERGY MOVES THROUGH A TROF ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE
MODELS DIFFER ON THE LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM SO
CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS FAR AS TIMING AND AMOUNTS. THEREFORE WE WILL
JUST MENTION 30% POPS.

.SDF...NONE.

JA

The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio

When: September 15, 2:20 PM EST
Where: Ohio County, Hartford
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.450, -86.917

Power lines were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio

When: September 15, 2:20 PM EST
Where: Ohio County, Jingo
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.500, -86.817

Trees were down across SR 1164.

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

Every storm in Kentucky in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, September 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: 5320090, 5320091.