Tennessee, 2002Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 19, 2002
August 19, 2002 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
235 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002
CURRENT...LINE OF CONVECTION HAS BEEN PUSHING S FROM KY BUT DYING ON
THE WESTERN END. THIS IN CONJUNCTION W/ OUTFLOW FROM OVERNITE MCS.
TSTMS OVER SE SECIONS HAVE DISSIPATED. TEMPS IN 80S W/ A 90 AT M54.
FORECAST...WILL KEEP ISOLATED EVE TSTMS IN AGAIN. FRONTAL SYSTEM TO
N WILL NOT MAKE IT DOWN. QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH DRYING OCCURS FORM
H850-H7 TO SQUELCH CONVECTION FOR TUE. POPS FOR BNA RANGE FROM 0
NGM...TO 10 ETA...TO 30 AVN. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ISOLATED
ACTIVITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT...DO NOT HAVE IN FORECAST AND
RATHER THAN FLIP-FLOP...WILL LEAVE OUT. DRING AND WARMER CONDTIONS
WILL TAKE OVER THEREAFTER AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. WILL TAKE OUT
MENTION FOR WED.
AS FOR TEMPS...WILL RAISE FWC MINS FOR TUE NITE...OTHERWISE OK.
BNA BB 72/92/72/95 2111
CSV BB 66/86/66/90 2111
.BNA...NONE.
MAG
Lightning, Fentress
- When
- August 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fentress County, 12 mi ENE of Allardt
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.381, -84.932 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
News article about lightning striking and igniting an oil tank in the Honey Creek area of Fentress county. The lightning strike had blown the top off of one of the 200-barrell tanks. The oil was burning, and there was a fire on top of one of the adjacent tanks. The Allardt Fire Dept. used a foam designed to control the petroleum fires and the fire was successfully put out.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 19, 20021 death · $5,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19, 2002$250,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, August 19, 2002$85,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 19, 2002$60,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 19, 2002$60,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, August 19, 2002$51,000 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 19, 2002$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, August 19, 2002$40,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 2002$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2002$25,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 19, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 2002$18,000 · 2 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: 5313550.