2002

Calhoun, Kentucky

Date: January 23

Rating: F2 (120 mph)

Path Length/Width: 1.8 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: McLean

Somerset, Texas

Date: March 19

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 1.5 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/30

Counties: Bexar

Thornton, Texas

Date: March 30

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 7 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Limestone

Huntington, Texas

Date: March 30

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 49 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/6

Counties: Polk, Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine

Shoreacres, Texas

Date: March 30

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Width: 0.7 miles/60 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Harris

Throckmorton, Texas

Date: April 7

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 7 miles/1,500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries:

Counties: Throckmorton

Yancey, Texas

Date: April 7

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 1 mile/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Medina

Fort Worth, Texas

Date: April 16

Rating: F3 (160 mph)

Path Length/Width: 2.1 miles/80 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Tarrant

Cestos, Oklahoma

Date: April 17

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Width: 8 miles/600 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Dewey, Woodward

Carmen, Oklahoma

Date: April 17

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 34 miles/1500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Major, Woods, Alfalfa

Wayne City, Illinois

Date: April 21

Rating: F3 (200 mph)

Path Length/Width: 31.5 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/42

Counties: Jefferson, Wayne

Van Buren-Ellsinore, Missouri

Date: April 24

Rating: F4 (210 mph)

Path Length/Width: 40.5 miles/650 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/16

Counties: Carter, Butler

Marquand, Missouri

Date: April 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 9 miles/800

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Madison

Willow Springs, Missouri

Date: April 27

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 1.5 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Howell

Marble Hill, Missouri

Date: April 28

Rating: F3 (180 mph)

Path Length/Width: 4 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/16

Counties: Bollinger

Galatia, Illinois

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (130 mph)

Path Length/Width: 7.5 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Saline

Dongola, Illinois

Date: April 28

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Width: 19 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/10

Counties: Union, Johnson

Ganntown, Illinois

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Width: 7 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Johnson

Golconda, Illinois

Date: April 28

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 22 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Pope (IL), Livingston (KY)

Providence, Kentucky

Date: April 28

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 22 miles/880 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/26

Counties: Crittenden, Webster, Hopkins

Tobinsport, Indiana-Guston, Kentucky

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 32.5 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/19

Counties: Perry (IN), Breckinridge (KY), Meade (KY)

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Date: April 28

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.2 miles/350 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/31

Counties: Rutherford

Bradyville, Tennessee

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.9 mile/30 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Cannon

Massillon, Ohio

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 7.2 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Stark

Belfast, New York

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (115-135 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6.5 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Allegany

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (135 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/250 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Indiana

Timberlake, Virginia

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/12

Counties: Bedford, Campbell

New Market, Virginia

Date: April 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Shenandoah

**Due to the scanning height from the closest radar site (KFCX) being ~17,000 feet, only reflectivity is available.**

La Plata, Maryland

Date: April 28

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: ~78 miles/650 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 3/122

Counties: Charles, Calvert, Dorchester, Wicomico

**There are several discrepancies around this tornado's path length. The above metric comes from NWS Baltimore/Washington's track map**

Rising Sun, Maryland

Date: May 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.5 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Cecil

Ellis, Kansas

Date: May 5

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 15 miles/880 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Trego, Ellis

Happy, Texas (#1)

Date: May 5

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Swisher

Happy, Texas (#2)

Date: May 5

Rating: F2 (115-130 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/4

Counties: Swisher, Randall

Windhorst, Kansas (#1)

Date: May 7

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.9 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Ford

Windhorst, Kansas (#2)

Date: May 7

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/900 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Ford

Mullinville, Kansas (#1)

Date: May 7

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 8.5 miles/1,800 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Ford

Mullinville, Kansas (#2)

Date: May 7

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/600 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Kiowa

Bloom, Kansas

Date: May 7

Rating: F0 (40-72 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.9 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Ford, Clark

Kingsdown, Kansas

Date: May 7

Rating: F0 (40-72 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2.2 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Ford

Cullison, Kansas

Date: May 7

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 19.6 miles/900 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Kiowa, Pratt

Pratt, Kansas

Date: May 7

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 22 miles/1,800 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Pratt

Rio Grande, Ohio

Date: May 8

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/80 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Gallia

Wilmington, Vermont

Date: June 5

Rating: F2 (125-150 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.1 mile/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Windham

Rothsay, Minnesota

Date: June 19

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.2 mile/25 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Wilkin

Kanata, Ontario

Date: June 22

Rating: F2 (182-252 km/h)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 kilometer/500 meters

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Barnard, South Dakota (#1)

Date: June 23

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/900 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Brown

Barnard, South Dakota (#2)

Date: June 23

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9 miles/900 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Brown

Typhoon Chataan

Date: July 4

Strength: Category 2-equivalent typhoon (70 knots, 972 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 2130 UTC

Location of Landfall: Guam, North Marianas Islands

Hilger, Montana

Date: July 8

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Fergus

Typhoon Halong

Date: July 10

Strength: Category 2-equivalent typhoon (95 knots, 949 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 0600 UTC

Location of Landfall: 12.20° N, 144.20° E

Tropical Storm Bertha

Date: August 4

Strength: Tropical Storm (35 knots, 1008 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 0200 UTC (on 8/5)

Location of Landfall: Boothville, Louisiana

Herrick, South Dakota

Date: August 9

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Gregory

Medina, North Dakota

Date: August 11

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 mile/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Stutsman

Ladysmith, Wisconsin

Date: September 2

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 16 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/27

Counties: Rusk

Gilman, Wisconsin

Date: September 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 17 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Taylor

Tropical Storm Edouard

Date: September 4

Strength: Tropical Storm (35 knots, 1009 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 0045 UTC (on 9/5)

Location of Landfall: Ormond Beach, Florida

Tropical Storm Fay

Date: September 7

Strength: Tropical Storm (50 knots, 999 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 0900 UTC

Location of Landfall: Port O’Connor, Texas

Manti, Utah

Date: September 8

Rating: F2 (157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2.7 miles/270 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: San Pete

**The closest radar to this tornado (KICX) was scanning at ~16,200 feet, leading to this poor quality data.**

Tropical Storm Hanna

Date: September 14

Strength: Tropical Storm (50 knots, 1002 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 1500 UTC

Location of Landfall: Mississippi-Alabama border

Wadesville, Indiana

Date: September 20

Rating: F2 (130 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.7 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Posey

Monroe City, Indiana

Date: September 20

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 13.5 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Pike, Knox, Daviess

Ellettsville-Hartford City, Indiana

Date: September 20

Rating: F3 (160 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 112 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/127

Counties: Monroe, Morgan, Johnson, Marion, Hancock, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Blackford

Middletown, Indiana

Date: September 20

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Henry

Hurricane Isidore

Date: September 26

Strength: Tropical Storm (55 knots, 984 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 0600 UTC

Location of Landfall: Grand Isle, Louisiana

Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Date: September 30

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/250 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Lincoln

Hurricane Lili

Date: October 3

Strength: Category 1 (80 knots, 963 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 1300 UTC

Location of Landfall: Intracoastal City, Louisiana

Hurricane Kyle

Date: October 11

Strength: Tropical Storm (35 knots, 1011 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 1700 UTC

Location of Landfall: McClellanville, South Carolina

Georgetown, South Carolina

Date: October 11

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.2 miles/40 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/8

Counties: Georgetown

Pantego, North Carolina

Date: October 11

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Beaufort

Corpus Christi, Texas (#1)

Date: October 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2.5 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/20

Counties: Nueces

Corpus Christi, Texas (#2)

Date: October 24

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.5 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/6

Counties: Nueces

Eunice, Louisiana

Date: October 29

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10.5 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/3

Parishes: Arcadia, St. Landry, Evangeline

Prairie Ronde, Louisiana

Date: October 29

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/20 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Parishes: St. Landry

Echo, Alabama

Date: November 5

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Dale

Abbeville, Alabama

Date: November 5

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/20

Counties: Henry

Wynne, Arkansas-Drummonds, Tennessee

Date: November 9

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 50.6* miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Cross (AR), Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Tipton (TN)

**This event is officially listed as one tornado in the NCDC database, however, radar indicates a clear cycle**

Gadsden, Tennessee

Date: November 9

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/220 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Crockett

Leach, Tennessee

Date: November 9

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/220 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/6

Counties: Carroll

Jackson, Tennessee

Date: November

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/220 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/0

Counties: Madison

Adams, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/0

Counties: Montgomery, Robertson

Portland, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5.19 miles/900 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/6

Counties: Robertson, Sumner

Berne, Indiana

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Adams

Van Wert, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 52.8 miles/880 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 4/17

Counties: Van Wert, Paulding, Putnam, Defiance, Henry

West Mansfield, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Logan, Union

Fostoria, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Hancock, Seneca

Tiffin, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 21 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/2

Counties: Seneca

Port Clinton, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/4

Counties: Ottawa

Polk, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9.5 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Ashland, Medina

West Salem, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Wayne

Huntsville, Tennessee (#1)

Date: November 10

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.1 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Scott

Huntsville, Tennessee (#2)

Date: November 10

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.2 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Scott

Macedonia, Ohio

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 7.3 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Summit, Cuyahoga

Manchester, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 13.10 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/27

Counties: Bedford, Coffee

Carbon Hill-Arley, Alabama

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 44.3 miles/1,175 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 4/38

Counties: Fayette, Walker, Winston

Clark, Pennsylvania

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (155 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 7 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/19

Counties: Mercer

Crab Orchard, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.4 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Cumberland

Columbus, Mississippi

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 29.4 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/55

Counties: Lowndes (MS), Lamar (AL)

Crawford, Mississippi

Date: November 10

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 51 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/0

Counties: Winston (MS), Noxubee (MS), Oktibbeha (MS), Lowndes (MS), Pickens (AL)

McVille, Mississippi

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/1,000 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Attala, Leake

Mossy Grove, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (175 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 8.3 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 7/28

Counties: Morgan

Briceville, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5.5 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Anderson

Spencer, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2.9 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Van Buren

Saragossa, Alabama

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 72.6 miles/1,175 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 7/53

Counties: Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman

Crossville, Tennessee

Date: November 10

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 12.2 miles/900 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 4/18

Counties: Cumberland

North Johns, Alabama

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 15.2 miles/450 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Tuscaloosa, Jefferson

Centre, Alabama

Date: November 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10.5 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/4

Counties: Cherokee

Halls, Georgia

Date: November 11

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 12 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Bartow

Dawsonville, Georgia

Date: November 11

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 23 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/13

Counties: Cherokee, Pickens, Dawson

Douglas, Georgia

Date: November 12

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.1 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Coffee

Typhoon Pongsona

Date: December 8

Strength: Category 4-equivalent super typhoon (125 knots, 916 millibars)

Time: 0515 UTC

Location: 13.00° N, 145.40° E (Just east of Guam)

Chesapeake, Missouri

Date: December 17

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 2/17

Counties: Lawrence

Holland, Arkansas

Date: December 18

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9.8 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/13

Counties: Faulkner

Spearsville, Louisiana-Strong, Arkansas

Date: December 18

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 20.2 miles/110 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Parishes/Counties: Union (LA), Union (AR)

Newton, Mississippi

Date: December 19

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5.5 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Newton

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