Storms in Illinois in 2002

1,427 events in 415 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Illinois in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Illinois in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,427
Deaths: 52
Injuries: 93
Damage: $96 million
Episodes: 415

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	284	1	4	$612,000
Hail	256	0	1	$13 million
Flash Flood	231	1	2	$11 million
Flood	182	1	1	$2.5 million
Winter Storm	159	0	0
Heat	89	40	8
High Wind	73	4	6	$203,000
Heavy Snow	50	0	0
Tornado	40	4	67	$16 million
Drought	38	0	0	$53 million
Lightning	12	1	3	$55,000
Ice Storm	8	0	1
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

High Wind in Illinois, October 4, 200250 kt wind · 4 events

November 2002

December 2002

Every year in Illinois Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in Illinois in 2002 Warnings in Illinois in 2002 2001 2003

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.