Hail in Tennessee, July 3, 2002

Name: Hail in Tennessee, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T17:50
End: 2002-07-03T17:50
Location: Tennessee

July 3, 2002 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Dime to nickel size hail was reported at Tazewell.

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 to nickel size hail was reported at Tazewell.

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 3, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
305 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TILL 8 PM.

HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINATE FEATURE THROUGH THE NEXT
FEW DAYS...HOWEVER WEAK TROFING FROM THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AIDED BY AFTERNOON
HEATING THEREFORE EXPECT THE STORMS TO PRIMARILY BE OF THE TYPICAL
AFTERNOON AND EVENING VARIETY.

NORTHWEST FLOW BY SUNDAY WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND HAVE
GONE WITH DRY EXCEPT THE FAVORED HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH ONLY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THERE.

SCATTERED ACTIVITY CWA WIDE RETURNS MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...TYPICAL SUMMERTIME.

CHA   70  93  70  93 /  40  40  40  30
TYS   68  91  68  91 /  40  40  40  30
TRI   65  89  65  89 /  60  40  40  30
OQT   67  90  67  90 /  40  40  40  30

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:47 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
347 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0335 PM    UNICOI                    TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   UNICOI                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CAC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:33 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
433 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0350 PM    PINEY FLATS               TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   SULLIVAN                       REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0400 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   WASHINGTON                     MANY TREES DOWN AND POWER
                                          OUTAGES 332-400 PM REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0420 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN IN NUMEROUS
                                          AREAS REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0415 PM    COUNTYWIDE                VA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   WASHINGTON                     ALSO TREES DOWN COUNTY
                                          WIDE. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0415 PM    COUNTYWIDE                VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/03/02   WASHINGTON                     FLOODING REPORTED COUNTY
                                          WIDE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT

CAC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:41 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
441 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0335 PM    CHURCH HILL               TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   HAWKINS                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN EAST
                                          END OF COUNTY REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

CAC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:54 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
454 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0440 PM    KINGSPORT                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   SULLIVAN                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
                                          DAMAGE REPORTS TO LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0440 PM    GREENEVILLE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   GREENE                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          COUNTY AND MARBLE SIZE
                                          HAIL. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CAC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:42 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
542 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0510 PM    COUNTYWIDE, SCOTT, VA     VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   SCOTT                          7 CASES OF TREES DOWN
                                          ACROSS POWER LINES REPORTED
                                          BY AMERICAN POWER COMPANY.

0510 PM    MOSHEIM AREA              TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   GREENE                         NUMEROUS TREESDOWN FROM
                                          HWY 107 CUT-OFF THROUGH
                                          MOSHEIM. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0510 PM    ABINGDON                  VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
                                          MANY FLOODED AREAS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

CAC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:13 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
613 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0530 PM    PENNINGTON GAP            VA   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   LEE                            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
                                          SIZE HAIL. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER

0520 PM    KYLES FORD                TN   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/03/02   HANCOCK                        NUMEROUS LARGE TREES
                                          BRANCHES DOWN. SPOTTER
                                          ESTIMATED GUST IN EXCESS OF
                                          60 MPH.

CAC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Claiborne

When: July 3, 5:50 PM EST
Where: Claiborne County, Tazewell
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.450, -83.567

What these are

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

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: 5308932.