1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 8:15 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 915 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 JUST ISOLATED TSRA REMAIN FROM THE EVENINGS CONVECTION SO WILL UPDATE TO DROP POPS BACK TO ISOLATED ACROSS THE AREA. HEALTHY CIRRUS SHIELD WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDS ALSO...UPDATE OUT SOON. 29 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
FLZ006-030430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1116 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 1115 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND HAD MOVED SOUTH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. LAT...LON 3041 8639 3060 8660 3027 8678 3014 8657
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home and started a fire. The fire was extinguished but the home suffered damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2002
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: 5311017.