Florida, 2002Tornado in Florida, September 25, 2002
September 25, 2002 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 25, 10:34 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 10:34 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1134 AM CDT WED SEP 25 2002
WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THE DEEP DRY AIR BEGINNING TO WRAP
FURTHER AROUND THE CENTER OF ISIDORE. AREA RADAR LOOPS ARE
INDICATING THAT THE SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA
WILL STEP DOWN TO PERIODS OF RAIN MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS
WHILE WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. THIS WILL
RESULT IN LESS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER WESTERN AND COASTAL
ALABAMA SECTIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT AS PERIODS OF RAIN WILL
CONTINUE...NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME.
MORE CONTINUOUS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...ACROSS WHICH THE RICH MOISTURE
PLUME WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW. WILL UPDATE TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
AND CLEAN UP WORDING IN CURRENT PACKAGE...UPDATE OUT SOON.
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.MOB...
AL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALZ061>064...GMZ630-650-670.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY ALZ051>064.
FL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ001>006...GMZ655-675.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY FLZ001>006.
MS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MSZ067-075>079.Tornado, Okaloosa
- When
- September 25, 1:30 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Florosa
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.417, -86.717
A weak tornado blew down trees and power lines and did minor roof damage to a couple of homes and also damaged a couple of outbuildings near Florosa. The storm that spawned the tornado moved in from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Isidore.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 25 to 27, 20021 death · $25 million · 9 events
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 25 to 27, 2002$109 million · F1 · 24 events
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 25 to 27, 20021 injured · $11 million · 9 events
- Storm Surge in Florida, September 25 to 26, 2002$9.9 million · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 25, 20021 injured · $1.2 million · F1 · 5 events
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 25 to 26, 2002$3.8 million · 4 events
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 2002$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, September 25, 2002$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, September 25, 2002$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 25, 20021 event
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 25, 20021 event
- Flash Flood in Alabama, September 25, 20021 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: 5319757.