Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 20, 10:57 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Apalachicola
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -84.983
A few power poles uprooted. Reported by the Franklin County Sheriff.
Damaging Wind in Florida, June 20, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 20, 8:45 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 8:45 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION--CORRECT DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 945 PM EDT THU JUN 20 2002 LOCAL RADARS ARE STILL INDICATING A FEW TSTMS ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT AND WL UPDATE ZONES TO SCATE BACK POPS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS A MESO LOW CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY THAT MAY SPAWN A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS EAST OF PANAMA CITY OVER NIGHT. ELSE...NO OTHER CHANGES ANTICIPATED AS MARINE FCST LOOKS OK. .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. MME
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Wisconsin, June 20, 2002
- Hail in New Mexico, June 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 20, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 20 to 21, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20 to 21, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 20 to 21, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20 to 21, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 20, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2002
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5300882.