Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 2002
Start: 2002-05-13T00:15
End: 2002-05-13T02:15
Location: Tennessee

May 13, 2002 · NWS MEG · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 12, 8:39 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 8:39 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
939 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE OH VALLEY SWWD THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL AR AND INTO NE TX. 100 MILE WIDE BAND OF MAINLY POST
FRONTAL SHRAS/TSRAS CONTINUES TO PUSH SLOWLY EWD. PRECIP SHOULD MAKE
IT INTO NWRN ZONES BY MIDNIGHT AND MUCH OF REMAINDER OF FA DURING
EARLY MORNING HOURS. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO CURRENT FCST
FOR PRECIP TRENDS. TEMPS LOOK OK.

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:13 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lake

When: May 13, 12:15 AM CST to 12:20 AM CST
Where: Lake County, Tiptonville
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.383, -89.483

Several trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: May 13, 1:50 AM CST to 2:15 AM CST
Where: Henry County, Countywide
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.317, -88.300

Numerous trees and power poles were knocked down across the county.

Hail, Henry

When: May 13, 2:05 AM CST to 2:10 AM CST
Where: Henry County, Paris
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.300, -88.317

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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, 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: 5298588, 5298587, 5298586.