Florida, 2002

Flash Flood in Florida, September 26, 2002

September 26, 2002 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

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

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, 9:20 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 9:20 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
309 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

JUST A MINOR TWEAK ON TIMING...STILL XPCTG 2-4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH A GENERAL ADDITIONAL
1-2 INCHES ON THURSDAY. HIGH WIND ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT FOR SAME
PLACES. WINDS OF 25-35 MPH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REST OF TONIGHT...COOLER THIS WEEKEND AFTER A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS THE AREA.

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.MOB...
AL...TORNADO WATCH ALZ061>064...GMZ630-650-670.
     TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALZ061>064...GMZ630-650-670.
     FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY ALZ051>064.
     HIGH WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT ALZ052.
     HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY ALZ051>056-059.
FL...TORNADO WATCH FLZ001>006
     TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ001>006...GMZ655-675.
     FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY FLZ001>006.
MS...TORNADO WATCH MSZ078-079
     FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MSZ067-075-076-078-079
     HIGH WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT MSZ075-076-078-079.
     HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY MSZ067-075-076-078-079.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Okaloosa

When
September 26, 1:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Okaloosa County, South Portion
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.665, -86.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Isidore caused standing water in many of the streets across the south part of the county. Several roads had to be closed for hours due to the high water.

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: 5319823.