Thunderstorm Wind, Sequatchie
- When
- May 1, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County, South Portion
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -85.383
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 1, 2002
Trees reported down across the south half 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
- $12,000
- 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 reported down across the south half 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 Apr 30, 6:10 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:10 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 810 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2002 LATEST DAY ONE CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK HAS LOWERED THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVERNIGHT FOR MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE SE TRACK OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO OUR SOUTH ALONG THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS SHOULD SHUNT THE BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH...ALTHO ALL SHORT RANGE MODELS DO PUSH THE BOUNDARY NORTH AFTER 06Z WEDNESDAY WITH SW LOW LEVEL JET REACHING 40-50 KTS OVER MIDDLE AND SE TN. CURRENTLY THE AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION IS STABLIZING...AT LEAST PER SURFACE BASED CAPES AND LIFTED INDICES. HOWEVER...APPEARS TO BE SOME ELEVATED INSTABILTY GIVEN THE RECENT INCREASE IN CONVECTION BETWEEN CHA AND TYS. UPDATED THE SPSMRX TO DECREASE SEVERE POTENTIAL...BUT WILL WATCH FOR PCPN DEVELOPMENT A BIT BEFORE UPDATING ZONE FORECAST. THE CATEGORICAL POPS MIGHT STILL BE IN ORDER...ALTHOUGH SW VA AND NE TN DO SEEM FAR REMOVED FROM THE BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...WILL CHECK REST OF ELEMENTS OF FORECAST PRIOR TO UPDATING BY 9PM OR SO. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. TG
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 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
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 1, 2002
- Flood in Alaska, May 1 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 31, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, May 1, 2002
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 1, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 1, 2002
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5297929.