Hail in Tennessee, April 28, 2002

Name: Hail in Tennessee, April 28, 2002
Start: 2002-04-28T17:50
End: 2002-04-28T17:50
Location: Tennessee

April 28, 2002 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Golfball size hail reported in Athens.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.

Golfball size hail reported in Athens.

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 Apr 28, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
200 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

A VERY ACTIVE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED WITH CAPES WELL OVER 2500 AND
LIFTED INDICES -4 TO -6 WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  THE COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT AS WILL THE THUNDERSTORMS.  CLOUDS WILL LINGER TILL AROUND
SUNRISE MONDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES.  TUESDAY IS SETTING ITSELF UP
FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING DAY...STAY TUNED FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.

IN THE EXTENDED...MOIST AND JUICY WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY MORNING...THEN
CLEARING.

MODELS APPEAR IN CLOSE AGREEMENT IN HANDLING MUCH OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD SO HAVE NOT STRAYED VERY FAR FROM GUIDANCE.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:32 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
432 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0155 PM    ONEIDA                    TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   SCOTT                          HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELDS,
                                          SKYLIGHTS, AND CAUSED MUCH
                                          DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

0245 PM    KNOX                      TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   KNOX                           WEST KNOX COUNTY. REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER.

0245 PM    COUNTY WIDE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   ROANE                          TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0320 PM    ROCKFORD                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   BLOUNT                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORT OF FUNNEL
                                          CLOUD. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0255 PM    WEST KNOX COUNTY          TN   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   KNOX                           ALSO FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
                                          WEST PART OF COUNTY.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER AND LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0320 PM    3 WEST JONESVILLE         VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   LEE                            NICKLE AND GOLF BALL SIZED
                                          HAIL AT JONESVILLE AND ROSE
                                          HILL. REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

0330 PM    5 WEST BEAN STATION       TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   GRAINGER                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0325 PM    SEVIERVILLE               TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   SEVIER                         WEST OF SEVIERVILLE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0345 PM    GATLINBURG                TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   SEVIER                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0355 PM    MOSHEIM                   TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   GREENE                         ALSO REPORTED AT BULLS
                                          GAP. REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:12 PM EST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
612 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0250 PM    COUNTY WIDE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   ANDERSON                       A FEW TREES DOWN IN FAR
                                          NORTH PART OF COUNTY AND
                                          ALSO FAR SOUTH. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0345 PM    GATE CITY                 VA   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0326 PM    MORRISTOWN                TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   HAMBLEN                        MAINLY IN EASTERN HAMBLEN
                                          COUNTY NEAR FALL CREEK
                                          AREA. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0340 PM    STANLEY VALLEY ROAD       TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   HAWKINS                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0415 PM    BRISTOL                   TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   SULLIVAN                       NEAR SPEEDWAY. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0415 PM    BENHAM                    VA   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0410 PM    GERMAN CREEK              TN   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   GRAINGER                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0420 PM    MOSHEIM                   TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   GREENE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0415 PM    EASTERN PART COUNTY       TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   HAMBLEN                        NEAR CHEROKEE PARK.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0445 PM    MOUNTAIN CITY             TN   .88 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   JOHNSON                        ON HIGHWAY 421. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0500 PM    SPIVEY                    TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   UNICOI                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0530 PM    DAYTON                    TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   RHEA                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          NEAR DAYTON. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McMinn

When: April 28, 5:50 PM EST
Where: McMinn County, Athens
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.450, -84.600

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, April 2002

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: 5290033.