Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 20, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 20, 2002
Start: 2002-08-20T13:40
End: 2002-08-20T15:40
Location: Tennessee

August 20, 2002 · NWS OHX · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 20, 1:32 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 1:32 PM CST, 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT TUE AUG 2002

CURRENT...REMNANTS OF MCS DEPOSITED BOUNDARY WHICH HAS TOUCHED OFF
SOME CONVECTION OVER FAR S. THIS WILL DIE OFF THIS EVE BUT WILL
MENTION FOR EARLY EVE ZONES. TEMPS IN 85 TO 90 RANGE FOR MOST PART.

ASSOCIATED VORT MAX FROM AFOREMENTIONED MCS WILL HOVER NEAR PAH THRU
WED MORNING AND THEN MOVE NE. DONT EXPECT CWA TO BE AFFECTED.  DRY
DAY TOMORROW THEN ISOLATED STUFF THU AS DEEPER MOISTURE COMES INTO
PLAY ACCOMPANIED BY WARMER TEMPS AS H5 RIDGE BUILDS.

AS FOR TEMPS... WILL BUY THE WARMER ETA MAXS.

BNA BB 72/95/73/95 -1-2
CSV BB 67/89/67/89 -1-2

.BNA...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: August 20, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Wayne County, Collinwood
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 35.183, -87.750

TDOT reported several trees were blown down.

Hail, Marshall

When: August 20, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, 8 mi N of Lewisburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.567, -86.800

EMA reported dime size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind, Maury

When: August 20, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Maury County, Columbia
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.617, -87.050

News story concerning trees were blown down at Maury County Park. The park lost 6 Bradford Pear trees. There was damage to other trees in the park.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: August 20, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, Cornersville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.367, -86.850

Law enforcement reported trees were down. Several small trees near the Cornersville Post Office were heavily damaged.

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.
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, August 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: 5313551, 5313552, 5313553, 5313554.