Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Central Portion
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.483, -83.250
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 7, 2002
Several trees down across central part of 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.
Several trees down across central part of 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 7, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 350 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002 SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NRN MID TN AND KY INTO NE TN/SW VA JUST AHD OF WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY SLIPS S INTO SW VA/NE TN BY WED AND WITH ADDITIONAL S/WV ENERGY BUILDING THRU MID MS VLY WILL KEEP HIGH CHC POPS NRN FA WITH LOW OR NO CHANCE SRN FA TONITE. MODELS INDICATE A WARM FRONT PUSHES N MAINLY AFFECTING WRN PORTIONS FA LATE TONITE/1ST HALF OF DAY WED WHILE MOIST AXIS CONTINUES IN VCNTY WEAK FRONT ACROSS SW VA/NE TN SO WILL KEEP SOME POPS GOING ON WED WITH HIGHER CHC NRN ZONES. WARM SECTOR AIRMASS IN PLACE MUCH OF FA WED NITE AND NO FOCUS FOR PRECIP SO REMOVED SLGT CHC PREVIOUSLY IN ZONES. MAIN UPR TROF SWINGS EAST ON THU AND CD FNT DROPS SE TWD FA WITH TIMING OF PRECIP MAINLY THU AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO WORDED AS SUCH. GENERALLY WENT CLOSER TO MILDER MOS MINS/MAXES BUT DIFFERENCE NOT THAT GREAT IN GUIDANCE. CHA BT 067/087 067/085 063 20231 TYS BT 064/085 066/083 061 20231 TRI ET 061/082 061/082 058 20541 OQT BT 064/085 066/083 061 20231= .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 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
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7 to 11, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 7 to 8, 2002
- High Wind in Idaho, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 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: 5298003.