Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- June 30, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Harrison
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -85.150
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2002
Spotter reported a tree had fallen on a house in Harrison.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
Spotter reported a tree had fallen on a house in Harrison.
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 30, 2:10 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:10 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 310 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2002 UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD KEEPING THE FORECAST AREA OVER GENERAL NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL LIMIT SHOWERS ACTIVITY TO ISOLATED IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS AND SCATTERED OVER FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. THE NEXT TROF MOVES IN INDEPENDANCE DAY WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS. BUT STILL IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY. CHA 70 93 70 93 / 10 20 10 20 TYS 68 91 68 91 / 10 20 10 20 TRI 64 89 64 89 / 10 20 10 20 OQT 67 90 68 91 / 10 20 10 20 .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.
The 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
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 30, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2002
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 30, 2002
- Heat in Wisconsin, June 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 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: 5300398.