Kentucky, 2002

Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 20, 2002

September 20, 2002 · NWS LMK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 20, 2:36 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 2:36 PM EST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2002

LINE OF STG TO SVR STORMS CONTS TO PROGRESS EWD INTO CNTRL KY/SCNTRL
IN THIS AFTN. STORMS WL ENCOUNTER SFC TEMPS IN MID TO UPPER 80S AND
DWPTS ARND 70 RESULTING IN SFC BASED LI VALUES FROM -4 OR -6. THUS
ORGANIZED LINE WL CONT AND EVEN STRENGTHEN WITH EMBEDDED BOWING
SEGMENTS PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND PSBLY ISOLD TORNADOES GIVEN MDT
TO STG LOW LVL SPEED SHEAR. TRAILING STRATIFORM RAIN WL THEN LAST A
CPLE HOURS AFTER INITIAL CNVCTV LINE. AHEAD OF THE LINE...SMALL
SCALE N-S ORIENTED CNVRGNC ZONES ARE RESULTING IN BANDS OF SCT
CNVCTN EAST OF I-65 IN CNTRL/E-CNTRL KY. GIVEN PW VALUES AROUND 2
INCHES (VERY HI FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR)...VERY HEAVY RAIN ALSO WL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT DEEP LYRD MSTR WL MOVE ACRS OUR AREA
THIS EVNG AND OUT OF FCST AREA BY SAT MRNG. VIS IMAGERY SHOWS SOME
POST FRNTL LOW CLDS BUT THESE SHOULD NOT LINGER TOO LONG...RESULTING
IN MIX OF SUN AND CLDS DURG DAY SAT FROM WEST TO EAST.

ON SUN...AVN DEPICTS CHANNELLED S/WV (JET MAX) ROTATING THRU BROAD
UPR TROF. SINCE LOW-LVL MSTR WL BE SWEPT OUT BY TODAYS SYSTEM AND
GIVEN LACK OF SUFFICIENT BACKING TO FLOW ON SUNDAY...THIS NEXT S/WV
AND ASSOCD CDFNT SHOULD COME THRU DRY WITH JUST SOME CLDS...AS ANY
PRECIP RMNS FARTHER NORTH WITHIN BEST DYNAMICAL FORCING. A SIMILAR
SCENERIO IS PAINTED LATE MON INTO TUES AS ANOTHER S/WV ROTATES THRU
THE TROF WITH SOME CLDS...BUT LIKELY NO PRECIP.

NOT MUCH CHG TO EXTENDED FCST WITH BASICALLY BENIGN WX FCST AT THIS
TIME.

GUIDANCE MOS TEMPS WITHIN REASON...BUT PREFER SLIGHTLY WARMER
MAV/MET DATA AS FWC VALUES HAVE BEEN RUNNING A BIT COOL LATELY.

.SDF...NONE.
TWF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 20, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
254 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0245 PM    5 E ORLEANS               IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/02   ORANGE                         TREES DOWN.

VB
Local storm report, Sep 20, 2:47 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
347 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    CAMPBELLSBURG             IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/02   WASHINGTON                     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Sep 20, 2:51 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
351 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    CAMPBELLSBURG             IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/02   WASHINGTON                     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0322 PM    LEAVENWORTH               IN   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/02   CRAWFORD                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Meade

When
September 20, 3:15 PM EST
Where
Meade County, Brandenburg
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.000, -86.167

Power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.

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

More

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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: 5320095.