7 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 9, 7:45 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.
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</html>ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-100900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 440 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE RAIN WILL NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JCL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One woman was killed when she tried to drive her car on a flooded road and slid into a ditch and drowned.Several roads were flooded.
Numerous roads were flooded.
A few streets were flooded.
A few streets were flooded.
Two high school students were killed when they tried to drive their vehicle across a flooded road. A few roads in the area were flooded.
A couple of roads were flooded.
Flooding along the Coldwater River forced several homes to be evacuated.
Several homes were evacuated due to flooding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, De Soto | 2002-10-10 | 27 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Tate | 2002-10-10 | 16 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Tate | 2002-10-10 | 17 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5319281, 5319282, 5319283, 5319284, 5319285, 5319288, 5319286, 5319287.