Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T16:30
End: 2002-06-26T16:30
Location: Tennessee

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

Trees were reported down 1 mile north of Sunbright on highway 27.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 1 mile north of Sunbright on highway 27.

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 26, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
325 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ON THE WAY...AND NO REAL CHANGE TO THE
FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY.  THEN...ON THU NIGHT AND INTO FRI...WE
GET A FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH.  THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASE OUR CHANCE FOR RAIN.  WENT LIKELY POPS BOTH PERIODS.

FOR TEMPS...WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE MOST AREAS.  WENT A LITTLE WARMER
ON MAXES FOR THU BECAUSE FEEL THE MODEL HAS OVERBLOWN THE CLOUDS AND
PRECIP.

FCSTID = 29
CHA   70  86  71  83 /  30  50  60  60
TYS   70  85  70  81 /  30  40  60  60
TRI   70  84  69  80 /  30  40  60  60
OQT   69  85  70  81 /  30  40  60  60

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

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The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan

When: June 26, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Morgan County, 1 mi N of Sunbright
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.267, -84.667

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

Every storm in Tennessee in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, June 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: 5300395.