Hail, Hardin
- When
- July 1, 2:10 PM CST to 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County, Burnt Church
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.183, -88.133
Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 1, 2002
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 1, 8:30 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:30 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McNairy
- When
- July 1, 3:10 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- McNairy County, Stantonville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -88.433
Some trees and power lines were knocked down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, July 1 to 6, 2002
- Heat in Michigan, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Heat in Maryland, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, July 1, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, July 1, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 2, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 1, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 17, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 10, 2002
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5311603, 5311604.