Kentucky, 2002Flood in Kentucky, September 27, 2002
September 27, 2002 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
Open the live radar over this ground
- 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 27, 1:55 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 1:55 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
255 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002
SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES REMNANTS OF TS ISIDORE LOCATED JUST SOUTH
OF KBNA. BEST PRESSURE FALLS CENTER ON KLEX. KILN SHOWING DRY SLOT
INTO SOUTHERN FA. REGIONAL RADARS INDICATES PLENTY OF RETURNS NORTH
OF LOW.
GFS IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE. IT INITIALIZED VERY CLOSE TO REAL TIME
POSITION AND DEPTH. THE ETA/NGM WHERE FARTHER NORTH AND TOO DEEP.
DPROG/DT INDICATES AVN HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT RUN TO RUN WITH THE
ETA TRENDING TOWARDS IT.
FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN UP THROUGH 6 PM. 00Z KILN SOUNDING SHOWED
1.67 PWS WHICH IS 200% OF NORMAL. PWS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
2.3 TO 2.4 INCHES WHICH WILL PUSH IT TO 300% OF NORMAL. GFS TRACKS
SURFACE LOW JUST SOUTH OF KCVG AND KCMH TODAY. THIS WILL PUT THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL JUST TO THE NORTH OF LOW OVER ALONG AND JUST NORTH
OF THE I-71 CORRIDOR. HPC SUGGESTS GREATER THAN 5 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE...THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AS JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
LOW IS THE MOST EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCER. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE LOW WILL KEEP WATCH UP TO ACCOUNT FOR POTENTIAL CONVECTION AS
MOST AREAS SAW 1.5 TO 2 INCHES TODAY.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND LOW. HOWEVER...WILL BE SLOW WITH
CLEARING. BOUNDARY LAYER WILL STAY WET FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THIS
RAINFALL. IF CLEARING OCCURS TONIGHT THINK STRATUS/FOG WILL DEVELOP
QUICKLY. LATTER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO MONITOR.
MAV LOOKS IN DESCENT SHAPE THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGHS TODAY WILL
STAY IN THE 60S NORTH OF LOW TRACK IN THE LOW TO MID 70S SOUTH.
.ILN...
IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY FOR ZONES
INZ050...INZ058>059...INZ066...INZ073>075...INZ080.
KY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY FOR ZONES KYZ089>100.
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY FOR ZONES
OHZ026...OHZ034>035...OHZ042>046...OHZ051>056...OHZ060>065...OHZ070>0
74...OHZ077>082...OHZ088.
TIPTON
Flood, Carroll
- When
- September 27, 7:25 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.668, -85.124 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore tracked into the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours, spreading a large area of heavy tropical rains into northern Kentucky. Rainfall amounts between two and four inches were common over a four to five hour period, with flooding on several county roadways and in Carrollton.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Strong Wind in Georgia, September 27, 2002$32,000 · 36 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, September 27, 2002$25,000 · 12 events
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002$30,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 27, 200250 kt wind · 12 events
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 20028 events
- Flooding in Indiana, September 27, 20024 events
- Heavy Rain in New York, September 27, 20024 events
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 20024 events
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 20023 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, September 27, 2002$9,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 27, 2002$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
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: 5317200.