Storms in Tennessee in 2002

1,187 events in 462 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee 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.

Tennessee 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: 1,187
Deaths: 25
Injuries: 159
Damage: $35 million
Episodes: 462

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	532	0	21	$4.0 million
Hail	211	1	1	$696,000
Flash Flood	204	4	13	$4.9 million
Winter Storm	86	0	0
Flood	59	0	0	$5.1 million
Tornado	31	17	118	$20 million
Lightning	28	3	6	$153,000
High Wind	16	0	0	$70,000
Heavy Snow	12	0	0
Ice Storm	7	0	0	$35,000
Heavy Rain	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

February 2002

Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 5 to 6, 200214 events

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

December 2002

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