Name: Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 28, 2002
Start: 2002-04-28T14:45
End: 2002-04-28T14:45
Location: Virginia

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 in Gate City.

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 28, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
200 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

A VERY ACTIVE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED WITH CAPES WELL OVER 2500 AND
LIFTED INDICES -4 TO -6 WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  THE COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT AS WILL THE THUNDERSTORMS.  CLOUDS WILL LINGER TILL AROUND
SUNRISE MONDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES.  TUESDAY IS SETTING ITSELF UP
FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING DAY...STAY TUNED FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.

IN THE EXTENDED...MOIST AND JUICY WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY MORNING...THEN
CLEARING.

MODELS APPEAR IN CLOSE AGREEMENT IN HANDLING MUCH OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD SO HAVE NOT STRAYED VERY FAR FROM GUIDANCE.

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 10:23 AM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1123 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 AM    5 NW PIKEVILLE            TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   BLEDSOE                        TREES DOWN WEST PART OF
                                          COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 30.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1045 AM    5 S SPRING CITY           TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   RHEA                           METAL BUILDINGS BLOWN
                                          DOWN. TREES DOWN. ONE
                                          MOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF
                                          BLOCKS. METAL SIDING BLOWN
                                          OFF BUILDINGS. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: April 28, 2:45 PM EST
Where: Scott County, Gate City
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.633, -82.583

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

More

Every storm in Virginia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, April 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: 5289942.