Thunderstorm Wind, Loudon
- When
- July 2, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Loudon County, Lenoir City
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.783, -84.267
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 2002
Numerous trees were reported down in Lenoir City and across the remainder of the county.
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
- $25,000
- 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.
Numerous trees were reported down in Lenoir City and across the remainder 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, 8:05 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:05 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 905 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 CONSIDERABLY MORE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING THEN LAST NIGHT AS VORT MAXES ROTATING SOUTHWEST AROUND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHEAST STATES CONTINUE. RUC MODEL INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA AND SW VIRGINIA DEVELOPING WITH ONE VORTICITY MAXIMUM IN WEST VIRGINIA AND SECOND VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVING SOUTHWEST ALONG NC/TN BORDER. MESOETA 02/18Z RUN SHOWS STRONG VORTICITY LOBE ALONG THE APPALACHIANS FROM WEST VIRGINIA INTO EAST TENNESSEE DURING THE EVENING THAT WEEKENDS AFTER 03Z. STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AND PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. WILL KEEP CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. FOG MAY BECOME DENSE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. TD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:31 PM EST, 1 hour 59 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.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:48 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
848 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 PM COUNTYWIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 LOUDON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 8:09 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
909 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0841 PM MORRISTOWN TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 HAMBLEN TREES DOWN OFF OF KIDWELLS
RIDGE ROAD. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 8:17 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
917 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM MADISONVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 MONROE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 2, 8:46 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
946 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM RUTLEDGE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 GRAINGER NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
IN AND AROUND RUTLEDGE AND
COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
GRCLocal storm report, Jul 2, 9:22 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1022 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM ROCKWOOD TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 ROANE NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
IN AND AROUND ROCKWOOD AND
COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0722 PM DANDRIDGE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 JEFFERSON THREE CAMPERS DAMAGED AT A
LOCAL CAMPGROUND. LARGE
TREE LIMB THROUGH THE ROOF
OF A HOUSE. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0722 PM DANDRIDGE TN .88 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 JEFFERSON NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN DANDRIDGE. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
GRCThe 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
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: 5308916.