Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- July 21, 4:25 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County, Mingo
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.633, -88.150
A few trees were uprooted.
Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 21, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 250 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002 ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP OVER REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS SHOULD DIE OUT AFTER SUNSET. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY WHEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES REGION. AVN MODEL IS SLOWER THAN YESTERDAY WITH MOVEMENT OF FRONT SO INCLUDED RAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AS WELL. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM 77/95/77/93/73 211 MKL 73/94/73/91/70 211 JBR 74/96/75/91/72 211 TUP 74/94/74/93/71 211 .MEG...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 21, 2002
- Wildfire in California, July 21 to 31, 2002
- Wildfire in California, July 21 to 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 21, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 21, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21, 2002
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: 5311745.