Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 2, 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Russell County, 2 mi N of Honaker
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -81.983
Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 2, 2002
Trees reported down across northern Russell county.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $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 across northern Russell 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 May 2, 8:50 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:50 AM EST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 950 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 206 FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA COUNTIES. OTHERWISE MADE NO OTHER CHANGES. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 206. LCM
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 1:50 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
250 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0235 PM POUND VA WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 WISE SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
POUND. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTThe radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:52 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 Flood in West Virginia, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Rip Currents in Florida, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, May 2, 2002
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 2002
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5297823.