Storms in Iowa in 2002

1,374 events in 351 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa 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.

Iowa 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: 1,374
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 4
Damage: $117 million
Episodes: 351

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	Injuries	Damage
Hail	538	0	$41 million
Thunderstorm Wind	384	3	$40 million
High Wind	97	0	$5.4 million
Winter Storm	81	0	$400,000
Flash Flood	77	0	$6.6 million
Flood	53	0	$20 million
Heavy Snow	36	0	$760,000
Tornado	32	0	$1.3 million
Blizzard	27	0	$80,000
Funnel Cloud	22	0
Ice Storm	18	0	$515,000
Lightning	9	1	$1.0 million

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

December 2002

Hail in Iowa, December 18, 20020.75 in hail · 3 events

Every year in Iowa Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in Iowa in 2002 Warnings in Iowa 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.