1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 31, 7:18 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 718 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 SEVERE TSTM WATCH #68 REPLACES #67 & INCLUDES AREAS E OF LINE FROM ABY TO PAM, EXCEPT TAYLOR, DIXIE & LAFAYETTE COUNTIES AS SQUALL LINE PROGRESSES EWD. THUS FAR, SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE & HAIL W/ THE TSTMS RECEIVED. ZONES & COASTALS WILL BE UPDATED. .TLH... .AL...NONE. .GA...NONE. .FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NOON TIL SUNSET INLAND. MAJ
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 200 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING(600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...MADISON. IN GEORGIA...QUITMAN...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...RANDOLPH... CALHOUN...BAKER...DECATUR...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY... LEE...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750-770- 312325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 555 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST (6 PM CST) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN FLORIDA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON... CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...MADISON. IN GEORGIA...QUITMAN...CLAY...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...RANDOLPH... CALHOUN...BAKER...DECATUR...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...MITCHELL...GRADY... LEE...WORTH...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
FLZ011>019-026-027-GAZ127>131-145>148-155>161-010500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 653 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND THE EXTREME EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING (1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN GEORGIA...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...MITCHELL...GRADY...WORTH ...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...BAY...JACKSON...CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN... LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...AND MADISON. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
FLZ011>019-026-027-GAZ127>131-145>148-155>161-GMZ750-755-010500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD ADJACENT WATERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 653 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...THE EXTREME EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING (1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN GEORGIA...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...MITCHELL...GRADY...WORTH ...COLQUITT...THOMAS...TURNER...TIFT...COOK...BROOKS...BEN HILL...IRWIN...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...BAY...JACKSON...CALHOUN...GULF...GADSDEN... LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...AND MADISON. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An elderly man was killed when a pine tree snapped and fell on the cab of his truck while driving during a severe thunderstorm. Reported by the Courier Herald.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Colquitt | 2002-03-31 | 66 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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, March 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: 5293569.