Storms in Texas in 2002

3,600 events in 773 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.

Texas 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: 3,600
Deaths: 24
Injuries: 180
Damage: $310 million
Episodes: 773

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	1,509	3	12	$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind	910	1	7	$7.5 million
Flash Flood	635	12	42	$97 million
Tornado	183	3	109	$183 million
Flood	88	2	0	$58,000
Winter Storm	86	2	0	$15,000
Drought	52	0	0
Heavy Snow	51	0	1	$30,000
High Wind	28	0	0	$77,000
Lightning	21	0	4	$435,000
Heavy Rain	8	0	0
Strong Wind	8	0	0	$500
Tropical Storm	6	0	3	$4.5 million
Ice Storm	5	0	0
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Heat	1	1	0
Dust Storm	1	0	2	$90,000
Dense Fog	1	0	0	$25,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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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.