2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jul 21, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 300 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2002 CURRENTLY:PARTLY SUNNY ACROSS MUCH OF SE ALA/GA AND MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY ACROSS FLA ZONES. SCT DECK AT 3K AND C-BKN10-12K EXCEPT FOR CIGS AOB 2K ACROSS SRN HALF OF FLA AND ADJ WATERS. RADAR INDICATES STG TO SEVERE CONVECTION PERSISTING ACROSS S HALF OF FLA ZONES EXTENDING INTO MAINLY APALACH BAY AND MOVG ESE AROUND 15 MPH. TEMPS RUNNING 85 TO 90 SE ALA/GA DOWN TO MID 70S ALONG THE COAST. DEW POINTS 70 TO 75. DISCUSSION:LOOKING AT THE BIG PIX...MOST OF WIDESPREAD ACTIVE CONVECTION REMAINS W OF MISS RIVER AND/OR NORTH OF MASON DIXON LINE. LOCALLY...PERSISTENT UPR TROF DIGGING SWD FROM MID-ATLC ACROSS CWFA AND INTO CNTRL GULF...CONTS TO DOMINATE LOCAL WEATHER AND LARGE SCALE PATTERN SHOWS ONLY SLOW CHANGE NEXT FEW DAYS. H5 RUC SHOWS SEVERAL VORTS ROLLING AROUND BASE WITH ONE APPROACHING FT WALTON BEACH THAT WILL STIMULATE CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTN OR EARLY EVENING MAINLY IN AREAS IMPACTED BY WEAK SURFACE REFLECTION OF TROF...SEA BREEZE AND RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHT CONVECTION. SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS SCNTRL FLA KEEPING LO LVL FLOW LGT SWLY. SO FAR GA/SE ALA HAS REMAINED IN LARGELY UNMODIFIED AIR WITH TEMPS EXCEEDING 90 DEGREES...SO WITH ENERGY COMING DOWN BASE OF TROF...THESE AREAS ALSO PRIMED FOR ACTIVE EVENING OR NIGHT. PERSISTENT INSTABILITY REFLECTED IN MODEL SOUNDINGS AND TIME HGHT X-SECTIONS WHICH REVEAL CONT HIGH PWATS...STEEP LI...COOLING ALOFT AND HIGH CAPES. FOR EXAMPLE AVN TLH SNDG WITH 2.15-2.22 PWAT... 35-37 K INDICES, AND -5 TO -7.5 LI THRU 60 HRS. AVN TIME HGHT CONTS DEEP LYR MOISTURE. RH PROGS SHOW FLA ZONES WITH BEST MOISTURE. CONT CONCERNED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS ACROSS MAINLY COASTAL COUNTIES RECEIVING ADDNL HEAVY RAIN AND THIS MUST BE MONITORED. SO FAR AREA RIVERS BEHAVING THEMSELVES. WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN UPR/LWR TROF AND MOIST ONSHORE FLOW INTO MID WEEK...ABOVE NORMAL CLIMO POPS EXPECTED. ETA CONTS WETTEST AND AVN DRIEST BUT ALL SHOW MID-HI SCT POPS TONIGHT...HI-SCT TO LIKELY TOMORROW AND ONLY SMALL DROP PD 3-5. WILL KEEP 4 ZONE ZFP WITH 40-50 PCT POPS TONIGHT AND LIKELY TOMORROW. TEMPS CONT TO MODERATE AND INFLUENCED BY ONSET OF PRECIP. MARINE:BUOYS CONT 5 TO 10 NEARSHORE...10 TO 15 OFFSHORE WITH ONE FOOT SEAS. WILL UP POPS TO WDLY SCT-SCT AND INSERT WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR... FIRE WX:NO CONCERNS. EXTENDED:BEGINNING MID WEEK TROF FINALLY WASHES OUT AND UPR RIDGE BUILDS BACK FROM ATLC TO OVER CWFA. THIS HELPS PUSH SURFACE RIDGE BACK INTO LOCAL AREA...BACK WINDS AND ALLOW RETURN TO NORMAL CLIMO CONDS DOMINATED BY SEA BREEZE. PRELIM NUMBERS: TLH 072 091 073 091 5755 PFN 077 089 077 089 5644 DHN 073 090 074 091 4544 ABY 073 090 073 090 4454 VLD 072 091 072 091 4654 .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. BLOCK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR MORE REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1212 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM 12 W CRAWFORDVILLE FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 WAKULLA TREES DOWN ON POWER
LINES ALONG SMITH
CREEK HIGHWAY. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0250 PM 3 E CRAWFORDVILLE FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 WAKULLA SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0250 PM 3 E CRAWFORDVILLE FL 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/02 WAKULLA REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
0330 PM 5 E MAYO FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 LAFAYETTE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
TIN BLOWN OFF SHED.
ANOTHER SHED ROLLED
OVER. REPORTED BY THE
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
EVENT DURATION 15 MINUTES.
0400 PM COUNTY WIDE FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 TAYLOR NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0545 PM MAYHAW GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/20/02 MILLER REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0545 PM MAYHAW GA WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 MILLER ROOF BLOWN
OFF SHELTER.
REPORTED BY
THE SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0600 PM COTTONWOOD AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/02 HOUSTON REPORT RELAYED
BY NWS MOBILE.
0610 PM 10 NE MARIANNA FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON
NEALS LANDING ROAD.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
0615 PM 10 E GENEVA AL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 GENEVA TREES DOWN ON COUNTY
ROADS 16 AND 61, AND
STATE HIGHWAY 167.
EVENT DURATION 5 MINUTES.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
0620 PM 6 E COTTONWOOD AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/02 HOUSTON REPORT RELAYED BY
NWS MOBILE.
0625 PM 3 N COTTONWOOD AL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 HOUSTON BARN AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
REPORT RELAYED
BY NWS MOBILE.
0635 PM ASHFORD AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/02 HOUSTON REPORT RELAYED BY
NWS MOBILE.
0635 PM LAKE SEMINOLE GA WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 SEMINOLE MAJOR DAMAGE TO A
MARINA. EVENT DURATION
10 MINUTES. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0730 PM VERNON FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0730 PM GREENHEAD FL WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0740 PM DALEVILLE AL 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/20/02 DALE REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0740 PM DALEVILLE AL 60 MPH WIND GUST
07/20/02 DALE ESTIMATED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
TJT/MAJFLZ014-015-211715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1220 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2002 AT 1218 PM EDT (1118 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN GULF COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF DALKEITH...AND SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY FROM HOWARD CREEK TO APALACHICOLA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 8-JAMSKI
FLZ027-211830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 200 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2002 AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 8 MPH IN WAKULLA COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 24-BLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning damaged several electrical components and air conditioning units to a water treatment facility. Reported by the Valdosta Daily Times.
Lightning sparked a house fire on Georgia 122 west of Lakeland. Reported by the public.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2002
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: 5307189, 5306786.