Thunderstorm Wind, Hamblen
- When
- July 2, 7:41 PM EST
- Where
- Hamblen County, Morristown
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.217, -83.283
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
Trees were reported down along Kidwells Ridge road.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
Trees were reported down along Kidwells Ridge road.
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, 2:45 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:45 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 345 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 AREA RADARS APPEAR SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. 48-60 HR FCST OFFERS MORE OF THE SAME AS UPR RIDGE REMAINS GENERALLY IN SAME LOCATION ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THE RIDGE DOES SLIDE A BIT SE TWD THE FA ON THU SO MAY BE A DEGREE WARMER MOST SPOTS. FLO REMAINS NE-E THRU PD AND MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT WEAK VORTS DROPPING SW ACROSS REGION IN THIS FLO REGIME. INSTABILITY STILL IMPRESSIVE ALTHOUGH MAY DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON THU AS UPR RIDGE BUILDS CLOSER. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO TWEAK POPS DOWN THOUGH ON THE 4TH. MAIN QUESTION THIS FCST IS WILL CD FNT BUILD S CLOSE TO ENOUGH TO BRING SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN POP TO NRN PORTION OF FA LATER THU INTO THU NITE. DONT BELIEVE WEAK FNT WILL BE ABLE TO MOV CLOSER TO FA UNTIL FRI AND WILL ARRANGE FCST IN THIS MANNER. WILL INCREASE POP SLIGHTLY ACROSS SW VA/NE TN ON THU/THU NITE TO INDICATE POSSIBLILTY OF SOME GREATER COVERAGE OF TSRA IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROF. ADDED POPS TO FRI FCST TO ALLOW FOR THIS BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED LIFT. CHA 72 94 72 94 / 30 30 20 30 TYS 72 92 71 93 / 30 30 20 30 TRI 66 90 65 91 / 40 30 20 40 OQT 72 92 71 93 / 30 30 20 30 .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:38 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
738 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM WISE VA .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 WISE REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 6:51 PM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
751 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM KINGSPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 SULLIVAN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 6:55 PM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
755 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM KNOXVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 KNOX TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:00 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
800 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM LOUISVILLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 BLOUNT REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:10 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
810 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM ELIZABETHTON TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 CARTER TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:31 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
831 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 1 E NEWPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 COCKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
DAEThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Maryland, July 2 to 4, 2002
- Heat in Connecticut, July 2 to 4, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 2, 2002
- Flood in Texas, July 2 to 3, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, July 2, 2002
- Flood in Texas, July 2 to 6, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, July 2, 2002
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 2, 2002
More
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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: 5308910.