1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 20, 9:25 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1025 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002 WILL LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR OUR WESTERN ZONES...INCLUDING SE MISSOURI. CURRENT READINGS IN THE MID 60S...AND WITHOUT SUN...AND RAIN LASTING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...RUC SHOWS IT BARELY MAKING 70. MEANWHILE...NEAR 80 IN THE EAST LOOKS REASONABLE. OTHERWISE...ONLY COSMETIC TWEAKS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD. .PAH...NONE. NOLES
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-202015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1117 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... HAZARDS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE MAIN THREAT IS WIND DAMAGE...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS MISSOURI AT MIDDAY... AND WILL CROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL USHER IN ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...WINDS ALOFT ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME STORMS TO EVOLVE INTO LINES...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCAL WIND DAMAGE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE RELATIVELY WARM...SO LARGE HAIL WILL NOT BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE STORMS WILL END AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH BY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED...MAINLY FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY... SUNNY AND PLEASANT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1203 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1058 AM 2S POSEYVILLE IN TORNADO
09/20/02 POSEY BETWEEN POSEVILLE AND
WADESVILLE NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN COUNTY GARAGE
DESTROYED POWER POLES
BENT OVER AND NUMEROUS
VEHICLES MOVED SURVEYED
BY NWS EMPLOYEELOCAL STORM REPORT...CORREFCTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1214 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 AM 2S POSEYVILLE IN TORNADO
09/20/02 POSEY BETWEEN POSEVILLE AND
WADESVILLE ON CR 165
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
COUNTY GARAGE DESTROYED
POWER POLES BENT OVER
NUMEROUS CARS TOSSED AROUND
8 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED
SURVEYED BY NWS EMPLOYEEThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 41 from Mortons Gap to the Christian County line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, September 2002
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: 5316645.