1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 8:30 AM CST, 7 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 930 AM CDT MON JUL 1 2002 CURRENT FCST TRACKING WELL THIS MORNING. THIS INDICATES LOW TO MID 90S SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE GOING TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WHILE HUMIDITY GETS DOWN TO NEAR 40 PERCENT. BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE TUPELO AREA...BUT EVEN THERE THEY SHOULD BE WIDLEY SCATTERED. NO CHANGES IN FCST NEEDED ATTM. .MEG...NONE. WER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
328 PM CDT MON JUL 01 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0310 PM BURNT CHURCH TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/01/02 HARDIN REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down on top of a house. A second home lost a large number of shingles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 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: 5311605.