Florida, 2002

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

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

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5319975.