Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 2, 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Luttrell
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -83.733
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002
A few trees and power lines reported down in Luttrell area and in the north part of the county.
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
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.
A few trees and power lines reported down in Luttrell area and in the north part 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 Jun 2, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 755 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002 WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO REMOVE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. NEW CONVECTION FIRING FARTHER WEST IN JKL CWA AND LOOKS LIKE IT WILL THREATEN NRN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU COUNTIES. FARTHER NE...CONVECTION WEAKENS INTO MORE STRATIFORM TYPE PRECIP ACROSS SW VA/NE TN. HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL STORMS OCCURRING UPSTREAM OF THIS AREA AND WILL KEEP CURRENT POPS GOING IN ZONES. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:35 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0441 PM BRISTOL VA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 WASHINGTON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR THE CITY OF BRISTOL.
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
0500 PM SHADY VALLEY TN .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 JOHNSON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR SHADEY VALLEY.
REPORTED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0500 PM DOEVILLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02 JOHNSON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR DOEVILLE. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FERRELLThe 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
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 2002
- Wildfire in New Jersey, June 2 to 6, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 2, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 2 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 2 to 10, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, June 2 to 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 2, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 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: 5301672.