Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier
- When
- May 13, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Sevier County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 35.833, -83.533
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 2002
Trees reported down on power lines across entire 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
- $15,000
- 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 on power lines across entire 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 May 13, 9:15 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:15 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1015 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH OUR EASTERN ZONES WITH BEST STORMS IN THE NORTH. NEW WATCH BOX ISSUED TO REPLACE OLD ONE. WILL ISSUE UPDATE SHORTLY WITH NEW BOX. FRONT STILL IN WEST TN...BUT NOT MUCH CONVECTION DEVELOPING AHEAD OF IT. .MRX... NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES NCZ060>061. TN...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>018...TNZ035>047... TNZ067>074...TNZ081>087...TNZ098>102. VA...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...VAZ005>006... VAZ008. GH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 9:32 AM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1032 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM NORTH PART COUNTY TN WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 KNOX TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN NORTH PART OF COUNTY.
REPORTED BY COUNTY HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT.
0845 AM MAYNARDVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 UNION TWO LARGE TREES BLOW DOWN
ACROSS HIGHWAY NEAR
MAYNARDVILLE. REPORTED BY
COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
0925 AM WEBER CITY VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 SCOTT TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 78 7
MILES NE OF WEBER CITY IN
SOUTH PART OF COUNTY.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0950 AM BLOUNTVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 SULLIVAN POWER LINES DOWN ON SHADOW
TOWN ROAD. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0950 AM BRISTOL VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 INDEPENDENT CITY TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS
PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
GMLocal storm report, May 13, 10:06 AM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1106 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM WALKER MOUNTAIN VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
GMLocal storm report, May 13, 10:07 AM EST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1107 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM WALKER MOUNTAIN VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
GMLocal storm report, May 13, 10:09 AM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1109 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM WALKER MOUNTAIN VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
GMLocal storm report, May 13, 10:10 AM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1110 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM WALKER MOUNTAIN VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
GMLocal storm report, May 13, 10:11 AM EST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1111 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM WALKER MOUNTAIN VA WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
GMThe radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:32 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
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- Wildfire in California, May 13, 2002
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 2002
- Wildfire in California, May 13, 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: 5298012.