1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 1:30 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 230 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER GA-FL PANHANDLE WITH VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINING OVER AREA. SURFACE TROUGH WILL KEEP SURFACE WINDS FROM SW EXCEPT FOR P.M. SEABREEZE FRONT NEAR E COAST WHERE WINDS WILL BECOME SE. WILL NOT GET TOO FANCY WITH POPS...EXPECT LIKELY COVERAGE DURING AFTERNOONS BECOMING SCATTERED DURING THE EVENING. EXPECT LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE STORMS. THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE A TRANSITION DAY WITH UPPER TROUGH WEAKENING AND LIFTING NORTH WHILE UPPER RIDGE TO THE EAST STARTS BUILDING INTO AREA. THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER AREA INTO THE WEEKEND SO POPS WILL DECREASE WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING. MARINE...AREA BETWEEN SURFACE RIDGE TO EAST AND TROUGH TO WEST. WINDS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY LIGHT FROM S TO SW. NO HEADLINES. PRELIM... AMG TT 071/088 072/088 072 04575 SSI TT 073/086 074/087 074 04575 JAX TT 070/088 072/089 072 04575 SGJ TT 073/087 074/088 074 04575 GNV TT 072/089 072/089 073 04575 OCF TT 072/089 072/089 073 04575 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. MZ/JH
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Homeless man took shelter in a wooded lot during storm. tree behind him was struck first.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Duval | 2002-07-22 | 51 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
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: 5306793.