Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
Start: 2002-07-02T13:00
End: 2002-07-02T13:00
Location: Tennessee

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

Utility company reported several trees downed in the southern portion of the county.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
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.

Utility company reported several trees downed in the southern portion of the county.

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, 8:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:38 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
238 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

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

0235 PM    2 E MT CARMEL             TN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   HAWKINS                        REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

0235 PM    1 W KINGSPORT             TN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   SULLIVAN                       REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

DAE

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bledsoe

When: July 2, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Bledsoe County, South Portion
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 35.483, -85.267

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.

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, 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: 5308811.