Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 13, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 13, 2002
Start: 2002-05-13T09:15
End: 2002-05-13T09:15
Location: Virginia

May 13, 2002 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Utility company reported trees down on power lines.

Where it happened

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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.

Utility company reported trees down on power lines.

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 13, 9:15 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:15 AM EST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1015 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH OUR EASTERN ZONES WITH BEST
STORMS IN THE NORTH.  NEW WATCH BOX ISSUED TO REPLACE OLD ONE.  WILL
ISSUE UPDATE SHORTLY WITH NEW BOX.  FRONT STILL IN WEST TN...BUT NOT
MUCH CONVECTION DEVELOPING AHEAD OF IT.

.MRX...
NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES NCZ060>061.

TN...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>018...TNZ035>047...
TNZ067>074...TNZ081>087...TNZ098>102.

VA...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...VAZ005>006...
VAZ008.

GH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 3:15 AM EST, 6 hours before

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-132000-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
415 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

A COLD FRONT IN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS WILL MOVE QUICKLY
SOUTHEAST....AND APPROACH SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA BY THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ACROSS THE REGION...AND WITH STRONG WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET UP...A
FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE ISOLATED
STORMS WILL BE FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL.

AREA SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND FAVORITE RADIO AND
TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LCM

Local storm report, May 13, 7:21 AM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
821 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

0800 AM    JACKSBORO                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   CAMPBELL                       FEW TREES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

GM

Local storm report, May 13, 7:32 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
832 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

0725 AM    BIG SOUTH FORK PARK       TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 297
                                          AND OTHERS AGAINST POWER
                                          LINES IN BIG SOUTH FORK
                                          PARK. REPORTED BY PARK
                                          RANGER.

GM

Local storm report, May 13, 7:50 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
850 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

0725 AM    BIG SOUTH FORK PARK       TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 297
                                          AND OTHERS AGAINST POWER
                                          LINES IN BIG SOUTH FORK
                                          PARK. REPORTED BY PARK
                                          RANGER.

0840 AM    COUNTY WIDE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   CLAIBORNE                      TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

GM

Local storm report, May 13, 8:21 AM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
921 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

0845 AM    WASHBURN                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   GRAINGER                       ROOF BLOWN OFF GAS STATION
                                          NEAR DOTSON AND ALSO ONE
                                          TREE DOWN IN VICINITY.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

GM

Local storm report, May 13, 8:46 AM EST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
946 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

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

0845 AM    COUNTY WIDE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   GRAINGER                       TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

0915 AM    TREADWAY                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   HANCOCK                        TREES DOWN VICINITY OF
                                          TREADWAY AND ALSO NEAR
                                          KYLES FORD. REPORTED BY
                                          HIGHWAY DEPT.

0925 AM    ROGERSVILLE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02   HAWKINS                        TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE AND
                                          ALSO POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                          ROGERSVILLE. REPORTED BY
                                          HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

GM

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: May 13, 9:15 AM EST
Where: Washington County, Three Spgs
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 36.617, -82.250

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

Every storm in Virginia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, 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: 5298022.