Thunderstorm Wind, Bradley
- When
- March 29, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bradley County, 15 mi E of Cleveland
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -84.617
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 29, 2002
Numerous trees and power lines down across the eastern part of the county. Section of a roof blown off of a Rubbermaid plant in the northeast part of the county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $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.
Numerous trees and power lines down across the eastern part of the county. Section of a roof blown off of a Rubbermaid plant in the northeast 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 Mar 29, 8:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 8:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 845 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002 WILL GET AN UPDATE OUT BEFORE IT GETS TOO BUSY. THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE OFF THE PLATEAU INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE SOME WEAKENING OF THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE ONTO THE PLATEAU...HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT SOME ISOLATED SEVERE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO REMOVE THE EVENING WORDING...OTHERWISE ONLY MINOR COSMETIC CHANGES. CONTINUING THE WIND ADVISORY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION ZONES. .MRX... NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ060>061. TN...WIND ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES TNZ018...TNZ041... TNZ043...TNZ045...TNZ047...TNZ072...TNZ074...TNZ087...TNZ102. VA...WIND ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...VAZ006.
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:59 UTC.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 29 to 30, 2002
- Tornado in Alabama, March 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 29 to 30, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Texas, March 29 to 30, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Tennessee, March 29 to 30, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 29, 2002
- Hail in Missouri, March 29, 2002
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, March 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: 5281995.