Tennessee, 2001

Hail in Tennessee, June 26, 2001

June 26, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 9:29 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 9:29 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1029 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

WILL UPDATE TO TAKE OUT MORNING FOG...NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED.
SATELLITE SHOWING COLD CORE UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER TN/KY BORDER
WHICH IS PRETTY WELL TIMED BY 06Z MESOETA.  UPPER LOW PROGGED TO
CONTINUE MOVING WEST.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY FIRING IN NC...WITH
A FEW SHOWERS EXTENDING INTO OUR MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST ZONES.
EXPECT SIMILAR SCATTERED COVERAGE AS YESTERDAY...WILL KEEP 50 POPS IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND 40 POPS FOR THE VALLEY AND PLATEAU.  BUT...WE HAVE
MORE CLOUDS THAT YESTERDAY WHICH SHOULD HOLD DOWN TEMPERATURES A BIT
AND KEEP CONVECTION FROM GETTING OUT OF HAND.  STILL EXPECT ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE PULSE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH
DECENT INSTABILITY AND VORTICITY MAXES PROVIDING LIFT...BUT PROBABLY
LESS THAN YESTERDAY.  TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK.

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

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The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:19 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cocke

When
June 26, 11:20 AM EST
Where
Cocke County, Del Rio
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates
35.917, -83.033

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5251787.