Thunderstorm Wind, Norton (C)
- When
- January 24, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Norton (C) County, Norton
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 36.933, -82.633
Numerous large tree limbs down on power lines.
Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 24, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $2,000
- 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 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 Jan 24, 4:25 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 4:25 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 425 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002 BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END LATER THIS MORNING...AS CONVECTION HAS ALREADY RACED INTO MIDDLE TN. EXPECT ANOTHER 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE AVERAGE...AND DECIDED TO EXTEND THE FFA INTO SWRN VA ZONES AS WELL...GIVEN FFG VALUES FOR 1 HOUR OF LESS THAN 1 INCH THERE. BULK OF RAIN MAY BE FIRST PERIOD...WITH FROPA ON TRACK FOR THE EVENING HOURS. POST FRONTAL SHOWERS MAY LINGER UNTIL MIDNIGHT...SO NO CHANGES OVERALL FROM PREVIOUS ZONES FOR POPS/WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. EARLIER DENSE FOG HAS IMPROVED ENUFF TO KEEP OUT OF ZONES...AND WILL COVER IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS AS NEEDED. SEVERE WEATHER CHECKLIST SHOWS INSTABILITY LACKING...BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...MAIN CONCERNS SHOULD BE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS FOR HIGHER TERRAIN. EXTENDED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MTN ZONES THROUGH 4PM TODAY...AND MENTIONED CAUTION ON AREA LAKES NE PLATEAU INTO FAR NE ZONE GROUP. OTHERWISE...TEMP FORECAST FOR TODAY WAS JUST ABOUT THE MOST COMPLEX I HAVE DEALT WITH IN SOMETIME. SE TN AND PLATEAU ZONE GROUPS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH CURRENT TEMPS IN THE LOWER 60S ...WHILE REMAINING AREAS GENERALLY ONLY 45 TO 55. CLOUDS AND PCPN MOVING IN QUICKLY...BUT WILL ALLOW FOR WARMUP ABOVE MOS WHERE WARM FRONT HAS PASSED...AND A COMPROMISE ELSEWHERE. OTHERWISE...MOS TEMPS CLOSE AND ACCEPTABLE AFTER FIRST PERIOD. PRELIMINARY TEMPS/POPS BELOW FOR COORDINATION...WITH ZONES ISSUED AND RDFMRX SENT TO WEB SITE ALREADY. HAD TO ISSUE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR TWO STREAMS IN SEVIER AND COCKE COUNTIES. FCSTID = 10 CHA 67 42 55 38 / 100 80 10 30 TYS 59 41 51 35 / 100 80 10 0 TRI 61 39 50 29 / 100 90 10 0 OQT 61 40 50 34 / 100 80 10 0 .MRX... NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ060>061. WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ060>061. TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>018... TNZ035>047...TNZ067>074...TNZ081>087...TNZ098>102. WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES TNZ018...TNZ041...TNZ043... TNZ045...TNZ047...TNZ072...TNZ074...TNZ087...TNZ102. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002... VAZ005>006...VAZ008. TG
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:31 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 Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 24, 2002
- Heat in Georgia, January 24 to 31, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 24, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 24, 2002
- High Wind in Washington, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 24, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 24 to 26, 2002
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 24, 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: 5278433.