Tropical Storm Edouard (2002)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 1, 2002 to September 6, 2002

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

1002 mb (29.59 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.8

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)

Overall size

150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

12 kt (14 mph)

Identifier

AL052002

Radar at KJAX as it neared land, Sep 5, 00:45 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 tropical storm.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 372 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 7.64 inches (194 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Tropical Storm Edouard approached east central Florida from the east, and moved on shore in northern Volusia County. Even though tropical storm warnings were issued for the storm, sustained tropical storm force winds were not observed. Wind gusts to 34 knots were recorded in a rain band at Patrick AFB as the storm approached. Some inland locations received over two inches of rain, producing roadway flooding along the Saint Johns River in Seminole and Volusia counties.

Volusia, Florida · Tropical Storm · Sep 4, 15:00 UTC

• Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm35 kt · 1007 mb
• Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Tropical Storm DollyNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 998 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1013 mb
• Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 2002Cat 285 kt · 960 mb
• Tropical Storm HannaNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 1001 mb
• Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 2002Cat 3110 kt · 934 mb
• Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane KyleNorth Atlantic · 2002Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 2002Cat 4125 kt · 938 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1002 mb

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Edouard