Oregon

Storms in Oregon in 2002

441 events in 202 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oregon 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.

Oregon 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
441
Deaths
2
Injuries
12
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
202

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind15124$6.2 million
Heavy Snow6500
Wildfire5804$5.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5500$60,000
Winter Storm3100
Lightning1500
Hail1502
Flood1200
Thunderstorm Wind1000$2,000
Heat1000
Flash Flood800$1.0 million
Dense Fog402
Heavy Rain300
Ice Storm200
Tornado200$500,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

February 2002

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 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.