Hail in Tennessee, September 15, 2002

Name: Hail in Tennessee, September 15, 2002
Start: 2002-09-15T17:45
End: 2002-09-15T17:50
Location: Tennessee

September 15, 2002 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10
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 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 Sep 15, 1:50 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 1:50 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
250 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002

COLD FRONT NOW ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF FRONT. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS SO WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS AHEAD OF FRONT. A
FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND FRONT SO WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS BEHIND FRONT. FRONT WILL STALL OUT SOMEWHERE OVER THE REGION SO
WITH BOUNDARY AROUND...WILL LEAVE SOME POPS IN FORECAST FOR MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL LOW SHOULD APPROACH REGION ON TUESDAY
WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE RAIN CHANCE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
MEM 73/89/71/87/67 322
MKL 67/87/66/85/65 321
JBR 67/88/66/86/64 211
TUP 71/90/70/87/66 432

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hardeman

When: September 15, 5:45 PM CST to 5:50 PM CST
Where: Hardeman County, Toone
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.350, -88.967

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, September 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: 5319734.