Tennessee, 2002

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 2002

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

Trees were reported down in Madisonville.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$15,000
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 in Madisonville.

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 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:45 PM EST, 4 hours 55 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 2 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.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:51 PM EST, 49 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.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:55 PM EST, 45 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.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:00 PM EST, 40 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.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:10 PM EST, 30 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.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:31 PM EST, 9 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.

DAE

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe

When
July 2, 7:40 PM EST
Where
Monroe County, Madisonville
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.517, -84.367

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

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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: 5308912.