Tennessee, 2002

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2002

June 26, 2002 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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
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 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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
250 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

CURRENT...SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS POPPED UP OVER MAINLY
EASTERN SECTIONS OF CWA.  TEMPS IN 80 TO 85 RANGE NORTHERN
PLATEAU...UPPER 80S TO 90 ELSEWHERE.

FORECAST...AFTER WHAT SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY
WEATHER...A MORE UNSETTLED PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.  CUTOFF H5 TROF TO W WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO PHASE W/ MORE
NORTHERN WESTERLIES AND LIFT OUT A LITTLE.  ETA IS LESS PRONOUNCED
AND LESS PROGRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SHEARS THE VORT PATTERN
OUT MORE.  ASSOCIATED FRONT MAY NOT GET DOWN HERE UNTIL FRI NITE IF
ETA RIGHT. WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE OF ALL MODELS.

IN ANY EVENT...POPS ON INCREASE W/ LIKELY POPS TOMORROW AND HI
CHANCE POPS TOMORROW NITE...THEN LIKELY FRI.  THIS IS IN GENERAL
HIER FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST...AND MORE IN LINE WITH GUIDANCE POPS.
UNCERTAINTY ON PROGRESS OF FRONT DEMANDS CHANCE POPS LEFT IN FOR FRI
NITE AND SAT.

SKY FORECAST ALL MODELS SHOW OVERCAST CONDITIONS AFTER TONITE
LASTING FOREVER.  ESPECIALLY TOMORROW THIS SEEMS OVERDONE.

FOR EXTENDED...WILL TAKE OUT POPS FOR SUN AND MON.

AS FOR TEMPS...WENT CLOSE TO FWC NUMBERS.

BNA TT 72/85/71/84 2656
CSV TT 66/79/65/79 2656

.BNA...NONE.

MAG

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman

When
June 26, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Hickman County, Centerville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.783, -87.467

Law enforcement reported trees down in Centerville.

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

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: 5297333.