Tornado Alley
Significant Tornadoes of 2002
| Date | County/Parish/State |
Intensity |
PL | PW | Inj. | Fat. |
| March 30 6:50pm CST |
Polk/Angelina/Nacogdoches/ San Augustine TX 7 N-NE Corrigan - 5 SW San Augustine |
F3 | 49 | 400y | 6 | 0 |
| March 30 8:09pm CST |
Harris TX 3 S LaPorte - 3 S-SE LaPorte |
F3 | 1 | 50y | 0 | 0 |
| April 7 3:34pm CDT |
Throckmorton
TX 9 W Throckmorton - 5 NW Throckmorton |
F3* | 7 | 1000y | 0 | 0 |
| April 16 4:08pm CDT |
Tarrant TX Fort Worth City Limits |
F3 | 2 | 70y | 0 | 0 |
| April 17 10:33pm CDT |
Dewey/Woodward
OK 3 SE Cestos - 6 E-SE Mutual |
F3 | 8 | 600y | 0 | 0 |
| April 21 3:51pm CDT |
Wayne IL 6 W Wayne City - Near Ellery |
F3 | 30 | 500y | 42 | 1 |
| April 24 3:13pm CDT |
Carter/Butler
MO Van Buren - 6 NE Poplar Bluff |
F4 | 41 | 600y | 14 | 0 |
| April 28 12:40am CDT |
Bollinger MO 8 SW Marble Hill - 4 SW Marble Hill |
F3 | 4 | 400y | 16 | 1 |
| April 28 1:18am CDT |
Union/Johnson/Pope
IL & Livingston KY 9 W Dongola IL - 5 E-SE Joy KY |
F3 | 31 | 400y | 9 | 1 |
| April 28 2:49am CDT |
Crittenden/Webster/Hopkins
KY 4 N Shadey Grove - 1 E-SE Hanson |
F3 | 22 | 700y | 26 | 0 |
| April 28 4:05am CDT |
Perry IN
& Meade/Breckinridge KY Tobinsport IN - 3 SW Garrett KY |
F3 | 32 | 200y | 19 | 1 |
| April 28 7:34am CDT |
Rutherford TN 7 S-SE Murfreesboro - 9 SE Murfreesboro |
F3 | 3 | 300y | 31 | 0 |
| April 28 1:58pm EDT |
Stark OH 2 NE Crystal Springs - North Canton City Limits |
F3* | 7 | 400y | 2 | 0 |
| April 28 6:56pm EDT |
Charles/Calvert
MD 1 N Rison - 1 N St.Leonard |
F4 | 38 | 700y | 122 | 3 |
| April 28 7:55pm EDT |
Dorchester MD 3 S Taylors Island - 9 SW Vienna |
F3 | 18 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| May 5 4:32pm CDT |
Trego/Ellis
KS 7 N Riga - 10 SE Zurich |
F3 | 15 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| May 7 6:13pm CDT |
Ford KS 5 SE Windthorst - 8 E-NE Ford |
F3 | 4 | 900y | 0 | 0 |
| May 7 6:47pm CDT |
Ford KS 7 SE Windthorst - 6 N-NE Bucklin |
F3 | 9 | 1500y | 0 | 0 |
| May 7 6:51pm CDT |
Kiowa KS 7 N Mullinville - 4 NW Greensburg |
F3 | 10 | 600y | 1 | 0 |
| June 23 7:53pm CDT |
Brown SD 6 W Barnard - 3 SE Barnard |
F4 | 10 | 900y | 0 | 0 |
| June 23 8:24pm CDT |
Brown SD 5 SE Barnard - 8 NE Barnard |
F3 | 9 | 900y | 0 | 0 |
| August 11 4:00pm CDT |
Stutsman ND 5 N Medina - 6 N Medina |
F4 | 1 | 300y | 4 | 0 |
| September 2 4:22pm CDT |
Rusk WI 2 W-SW Ladysmith - 2 SW Ingram |
F3 | 16 | 400y | 27 | 0 |
| September 20 1:59pm CDT |
Monroe/Morgan/Johnson/Marion/Hancock/ Madison/Delaware/Blackford IN Ellettsville City Limits - 5 NE Hartford City |
F3 | 112 | 200y | 117 | 0 |
| November 10 2:59pm EST |
Adams IN 2 NE Berne - 1 NE Salem |
F3 | 5 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| November 10 3:15pm EST |
Van
Wert/Paulding/Putnam/ Defiance/Henry OH 4 NE Willshire - 2 SE Malinta |
F4 | 53 | 500y | 26 | 4 |
| November 10 4:38pm EST |
Union/Logan
OH 2 NE East Liberty - 2 N York Center |
F3 | 8 | 300y | 2 | 0 |
| November 10 5:15pm EST |
Seneca OH 2 SW Tiffin - 3 SW Fireside |
F3 | 21 | 100y | 2 | 1 |
| November 10 6:52pm CST |
Fayette/Walker/Winston
AL 6 N-NW Fayette - 3 E-SE Arley |
F3 | 44 | 1200y | 38 | 4 |
| November 10 6:52pm CST |
Coffee TN 7 W-SW Fredonia - 6 E-NE Fredonia |
F3* | 12 | 400y | 24 | 2 |
| November 10 7:08pm CST |
Lowndes MS
& Lamar AL 3 SE Artesia MS - 2 N-NW Fernbank AL |
F3 | 29 | 400y | 57 | 0 |
| November 10 8:31pm EST |
Morgan TN 4 S Wartburg - 9 E-SE Wartburg |
F3 | 8 | 300y | 28 | 7 |
| November 10 8:15pm CST |
Fayette/Walker/Winston/Cullman
AL 6 N-NE Fayette - 1 SE Holly Pond |
F3 | 73 | 1000y | 48 | 7 |
| November 10 9:43pm CST |
Cumberland TN 5 SW Crossville - 8 E-SE Crossville |
F3 | 12 | 900y | 18 | 4 |
| December 18 3:35pm CST |
Faulkner AR 1 N Hamlet - 1 E-SE Enola |
F3 | 10 | 100y | 13 | 1 |
Top
5 Most Violent Tornadoes - 2002
| Date | Tornado "Name" | Intensity | PL | PW | |
| 1) Nov. 10 | Van Wert OH | F4 | 53 | 500y | 26 inj. 4 fat. |
| 2) April 28 | LaPlata MD | F4 | 38 | 700y | 122 inj. 3 fat. |
| 3) June 23 | Barnard SD | F4 | 10 | 900y | 0 inj. 0 fat. |
| 4) April 24 | Ellsinore-Hendrickson MO | F4 | 41 | 600y | 14 inj. 0 fat. |
| 5) August 11 | Medina ND | F4 | 1 | 300y | 4 inj. 0 fat. |
Towns/Cities Impacted By
F3 - F5
Tornadoes (2002)
| Date | City/Town | County/State | Intensity | Fatalities |
| April 16 | Fort Worth | Tarrant TX | F3 | 0 |
| April 21 | Fairfield | Wayne IL | F3 | 0 |
| April 24 | Van Buren | Carter MO | F4 | 0 |
| April 24 | Ellsinore | Carter MO | F4 | 0 |
| April 28 | Dongola | Union IL | F3 | 0 |
| April 28 | Cypress | Johnson IL | F3 | 0 |
| April 28 | Golconda | Pope IL | F3 | 0 |
| April 28 | Tobinsport | Perry IN | F3 | 0 |
| April 28 | Providence | Webster KY | F3 | 0 |
| April 28 | North Canton | Starke OH | F3 | 0 |
| April 28 | Mount Pisgah | Charles MD | F4 | 0 |
| April 28 | LaPlata | Charles MD | F4 | 0 |
| April 28 | Patuxent View | Calvert MD | F4 | 0 |
| Sept. 2 | Ladysmith | Rusk WI | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Ellettsville | Monroe IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Martinsville | Morgan IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Greenwood | Marion IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Southport | Marion IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Beech Grove | Marion IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Indianapolis (E) | Marion IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | McCordsville | Hancock IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Anderson | Madison IN | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 20 | Hartford City | Blackford IN | F3 | 0 |
| November 10 | Van Wert | Van Wert OH | F4 | 1 |
| November 10 | Roselms | Paulding OH | F4 | 0 |
| November 10 | Carbon Hill | Walker AL | F3 | 0 |
| November 10 | Rose Hill | Walker AL | F3 | 3 |
| November 10 | Columbus (S) | Lowndes MS | F3 | 0 |
| November 10 | Mossy Grove | Morgan TN | F3 | 0 |
| November 10 | Saragossa | Cullman AL | F3 | 7 |
Strong/Violent Tornadoes By State - 2002
| State | Total | F3 | F4 | F5 |
| Ohio | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Texas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maryland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 Total | 35 | 30 | 5 | 0 |
State Border
Crossing Tornadoes:
April 28 - Illinois/Kentucky F3
April 28 - Indiana/Kentucky F3
November 10 - Mississippi/Alabama F3