1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 8:15 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 915 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 LINE OF STRONG WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS HAS EXITED THE CWA...WITH THE SFC COLD FRONT STILL OFF TO THE NW OVER S CENTRAL AL/GA. ONE MORE BATCH OF SHOWERS IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT...SO WILL REDUCE BUT WONT BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY REMOVE POPS ON THE UPDATE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...FCST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH WINDS OUT OF THE W-SW AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. GOULD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
800 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0302 PM DE FUNIAK SPRINGS FL WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 WALTON MANY POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
0350 PM NEWVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 HENRY ONE BIG PECAN TREE AND
MANY POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
0355 PM DOTHAN AL WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 HOUSTON ONE BIG TREE DOWN ON AN
OCCUPIED VEHICLE. NO
INJURIES. REPORTED BY
THE SHERIFF/S OFFICE.
0400 PM 2 SE ASHFORD AL WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 HOUSTON SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. STORAGE
BARN BLOWN AWAY. TREE
SPLIT AND FELL ON HOUSE.
REPORTED BY THE EMA.
0415 PM PANSEY AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 HOUSTON LASTED ABOUT 15
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
A TELEVISION STATION.
0415 PM PANSEY AL WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 HOUSTON A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY A
TELEVISION STATION.
0450 PM MAYHAW GA WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 MILLER A FEW TREES DOWN. REPORTED
BY THE EMA.
0450 PM MAYHAW GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 MILLER REPORTED BY THE EMA.
0455 PM COLQUITT GA 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 MILLER REPORTED BY THE EMA.
0455 PM 2 NW BAINBRIDGE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/14/02 DECATUR SEVERAL TREES DOWN. REPORTED
BY THE SHERIFF/S OFFICE.
TJTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man drowned while attempting to escape a severe rip current. Reported by the Bay County EMA.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Bay | 2002-06-15 | 20 | Male | In Water | 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, June 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: 5319835.