Hail in Tennessee, July 2, 2002

Name: Hail in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
Start: 2002-07-02T13:35
End: 2002-07-02T13:35
Location: Tennessee

July 2, 2002 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Dime size hail was reported 1 mile west of Kingsport.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Dime size hail was reported 1 mile west of Kingsport.

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 Jul 2, 9:30 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:30 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1030 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

UPDATED FCST TO REMOVE MORNING FOG. REMAINDER OF FCST ON TRACK AS
UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE IN SUMMER WX PATTERN WITH RIDGE
TO THE N AND W. UPR LVL FLO CARRIES WEAK IMPULSES SE INTO THE
REGION. ALREADY A FEW TSRA ONGOING JUST N OF SW VA ZONES. FURTHER
DESTABILIZATION WILL LEAD TO TSRA FORMING MAINLY IN HIER TERRAIN.
MAXES SHOULD BE IN LOW-MID 90S MOST OF FA. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED
FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

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

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sullivan

When: July 2, 1:35 PM EST
Where: Sullivan County, 1 mi W of Kingsport
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.550, -82.567

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5308809.