Storms in Oklahoma in 2002

1,572 events in 178 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma 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: 1,572
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 11
Damage: $308 million
Episodes: 178

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
Hail	593	0	3	$1.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind	512	1	5	$210,000
Heavy Snow	93	0	0
High Wind	72	0	0	$2,000
Flash Flood	66	0	2	$4.4 million
Ice Storm	60	0	0	$302 million
Strong Wind	42	0	0
Winter Storm	30	0	0
Dense Fog	29	0	0
Flood	26	0	0	$25,000
Lightning	25	0	0	$80,000
Tornado	23	0	1	$712,000
Heavy Rain	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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July 2002

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September 2002

October 2002

December 2002

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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.