Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 3, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.717, -81.967
Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 2002
Trees were reported down across the 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
- $20,000
- 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 were reported down across the 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 Jul 3, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 305 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TILL 8 PM. HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINATE FEATURE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS...HOWEVER WEAK TROFING FROM THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AIDED BY AFTERNOON HEATING THEREFORE EXPECT THE STORMS TO PRIMARILY BE OF THE TYPICAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING VARIETY. NORTHWEST FLOW BY SUNDAY WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND HAVE GONE WITH DRY EXCEPT THE FAVORED HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH ONLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THERE. SCATTERED ACTIVITY CWA WIDE RETURNS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TYPICAL SUMMERTIME. CHA 70 93 70 93 / 40 40 40 30 TYS 68 91 68 91 / 40 40 40 30 TRI 65 89 65 89 / 60 40 40 30 OQT 67 90 67 90 / 40 40 40 30 .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:26 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
326 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM ELIZABETHTON TN WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 CARTER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
CACLocal storm report, Jul 3, 2:47 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
347 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 PM UNICOI TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 UNICOI REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
CACLocal storm report, Jul 3, 3:33 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
433 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM PINEY FLATS TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 SULLIVAN REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
0400 PM COUNTYWIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 WASHINGTON MANY TREES DOWN AND POWER
OUTAGES 332-400 PM REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0420 PM COUNTYWIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN IN NUMEROUS
AREAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0415 PM COUNTYWIDE VA .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 WASHINGTON ALSO TREES DOWN COUNTY
WIDE. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0415 PM COUNTYWIDE VA FLASH FLOODS
07/03/02 WASHINGTON FLOODING REPORTED COUNTY
WIDE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
CACLocal storm report, Jul 3, 3:41 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
441 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 PM CHURCH HILL TN WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 HAWKINS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN EAST
END OF COUNTY REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
CACLocal storm report, Jul 3, 3:54 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
454 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM KINGSPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 SULLIVAN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
DAMAGE REPORTS TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0440 PM GREENEVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 GREENE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY AND MARBLE SIZE
HAIL. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
CACThe radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 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
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3 to 4, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 3, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 3 to 4, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 2002
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 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: 5308929.