Florida, 2002Flash Flood in Florida, September 14 to 15, 2002
September 14 to 15, 2002 · NWS TAE · 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
- $25,000
- 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 Sep 14, 6:30 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 6:30 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
730 PM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002
TROPICAL DEPRESSION HANNA CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE DISORGANIZED AS
THE LOW LEVEL CENTER MOVES NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER SW AL...WHILE THE
LARGE MOISTURE FIELD OUT AHEAD OF IT IS GETTING SHEARED OFF TO THE
EAST BY THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROF. AS A RESULT...MUCH OF THE
HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH IT HAS WEAKENED AND MOVE EASTWARD... WITH
JUST ONE REMAINING BATCH OF ENHANCED PRECIPITATION MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE FL PANHANDLE. THUS...WILL GO AHEAD AND LET
THE FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE OVER THE CWA AT 8 PM EDT...AND PLAN ON
REMOVING THE HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN THE ZONES. OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS...WINDS AND ESPECIALLY SEAS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO SUBSIDE WITH
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF HANNA...SO EXPECT SCA CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
.TLH...
.AL...
.GA...
.FL...SCA ALL MARINE ZONES.
GOULD
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- September 14, 11:45 PM EST to September 15, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.795, -85.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several county roads were flooded. Reported by the Jackson County EMA.
- 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.
- Rip Current in Florida, September 14, 20021 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Florida, September 14, 20021 death · 1 event
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, September 14 to 16, 2002$7.9 million · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 14 to 15, 2002$7.8 million · 7 events
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, September 14 to 15, 200297 events
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 14 to 15, 2002$400,000 · 13 events
- Storm Surge and Flash Flooding in Florida, September 14 to 15, 2002$205,000 · 7 events
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 14, 2002$103,000 · 20 events
- Flash Flooding in Florida, September 14 to 15, 2002$140,000 · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 14, 2002$119,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, September 14, 2002$102,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 14, 2002$60,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events
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: 5319975.