Storms in Florida in 2002

870 events in 563 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Florida in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 870
Deaths: 30
Injuries: 59
Damage: $43 million
Episodes: 563

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	223	1	1	$1.8 million
Hail	158	0	9	$925,000
Lightning	77	9	29	$1.6 million
Dense Fog	55	0	0
Frost/Freeze	50	0	0
Flash Flood	49	0	0	$1.9 million
Funnel Cloud	47	0	0	$7,000
Flood	45	0	1	$108,000
Tornado	44	0	3	$3.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	38	0	0
Tropical Storm	35	0	1	$23 million
Rip Current	21	20	15
High Wind	12	0	0	$12,000
Storm Surge/Tide	10	0	0	$10 million
Heavy Rain	3	0	0	$30,000
Dust Devil	2	0	0
Heat	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 2002

December 2002

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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.