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
