Florida, 2002Flash Flood in Florida, June 24, 2002
June 24, 2002 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
245 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2002
CURRENTLY...NORTHWARD MOVING RW/TSTM CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS THE
CWFA WITH SCATTERED COVERAGE ATTM UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY
SKIES. STORMS GENERALLY SLOW MOVING AND FEEL GREATEST THREAT THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY PCPN WHICH IS HANDLED WELL IN ZONES
AND ZONES. HOWEVER A FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LEE CNTY
AND OTHERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FORECAST(TONIGHT-THU)...MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GENERALLY GOOD
AGREEMENT...HOWEVER...AVN/NGM SEEM TO VERIFY AND INITIALIZE BETTER
SO WILL BLEND THOSE TWO. IN ADDITION...THE ETA/MESO ETA PUSH THE
SFC RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH WHILE THE AVN/NGM KEEP THE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA WHICH SEEMS MORE REASONABLE.
UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL GULF COAST SHIFTS WEST AND THEN LIFTS
NORTHWARD AS DEEP LAYER RIDGING STARTS TO BUILD IN ACROSS FL WITH
PWATS CONTINUING IN THE 2 1/4 INCH RANGE THROUGH THU. SURFACE RIDGE
AXIS SETS UP RIGHT OVER US(TBW) BUT WITH A WEAK ENOUGH GRADIENT TO
ALLOW AFTERNOON SEAS BREEZES. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT TREND IN ZONES
FOR LIKELY POPS DURING THE DAY AND SCATTERED AT NIGHT. PLAN TO BLEND
MAV AND CLIMO FOR TEMPS...WITH A COOL BIAS.
EXTENDED...(FRI-MON)...UPPER RIDGING TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN FL
AS A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS RESIDES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA WITH
A DECREASE IN MOISTURE. HOWEVER ENOUGH LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN TO SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION. THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
WILL BE WEAK ENOUGH FOR A SEA BREEZE WHICH WILL DRIVE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TSTMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD.
MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS...BUT
SHIFTING TO ONSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE. WINDS WILL
SLOWLY SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHEAST BY THE END OF THE COASTAL WATERS
EXTENDED PERIOD.
FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS.
PRELIMINARY #S
BKV 072/088 071/089 5746
TPA 073/088 073/089 5746
GIF 072/089 072/090 4756
SRQ 071/087 071/088 5756
FMY 073/089 072/090 4646
.TBW...NONE.
/09/RKR/Flash Flood, Polk
- When
- June 24, 3:50 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Lakeland
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A moist atmosphere combined with slow moving thunderstorms produced rainfall of 4 to 8 inches in eastern Polk county. In Lakeland, officials reported that up to 100 structures and 40 vehicles had some form of water damage. Thirty people from three mobile home parks near Maine Avenue and Reynolds Road had to be evacuated. This is the same area where a women had to be rescued after she drove her Buick into a submerged ditch. Later that evening, a sinkhole opened up under a porch in the area. In Mulberry, some three dozen cars were flooded with some of the cars actually floating from their parking spots. High water was common throughout the city.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 27, 20024 deaths · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24 to 25, 2002$26 million · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 24, 20021 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 24, 20021 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 2002$50,000 · F1 · 34 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 2002$720,000 · 79 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 2002$500,000 · 69 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2002$100,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Wildfire in California, June 24, 2002$80,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2002$53,000 · 4 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 2002$60,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 24, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
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: 5298525.