2002 Atlantic hurricane season

**2002 Atlantic hurricane season**
 **Total damage** | $2.25 Billion (2002 USD)

The **2002 Atlantic hurricane season** was an average season in terms of named storms and major hurricanes, yet below average in terms of hurricanes in general. This season featured a total of 14 tropical cyclones, 12 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. The two most notable storms were Isidore and Lili. Isidore, the strongest and costliest storm of the season, struck the Yucatan Peninsula as a high-end Category 3, causing 19 direct deaths, 3 indirect deaths, and $1.3 Billion 2002 USD in damage. Lili, the sole Category 4 of the season, struck the Gulf Coast as a strong Category 1, bringing in devastating storm surge that along with the winds and rain, caused over $925 Million 2002 USD in damage.

## Storms

### Tropical Storm Arthur

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Arthur was a tropical storm, with wind speeds up to 50 kt, that moved east-northeastward across the western North Atlantic Ocean.

### Tropical Storm Bertha

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Bertha was a minimal tropical storm that made landfall in southeastern Louisiana.

### Tropical Storm Cristobal

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Tropical Storm Cristobal was a relatively weak tropical cyclone that meandered in the western Atlantic prior to being absorbed into a frontal zone.

### Tropical Storm Dolly

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Dolly was the first Atlantic basin tropical cyclone to develop in the deep tropics in 2002.

### Tropical Storm Edouard

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Edouard made landfall on the northeast coast of Florida as a minimal tropical storm.

### Tropical Storm Fay

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Tropical Storm Fay was a short-lived cyclone that made landfall along the central Texas producing widespread heavy rainfall and inland flooding.

### Tropical Depression Seven

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### Hurricane Gustav

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Hurricane Gustav was a category 2 hurricane of subtropical origin. The cyclone passed near the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a tropical storm, then passed over the eastern end of Nova Scotia and western Newfoundland as a category 1 hurricane.

### Tropical Storm Hanna

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Hanna was a poorly-organized tropical storm that nevertheless produced rip currents responsible for three deaths off the beaches of the Florida panhandle.

### Hurricane Isidore

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Hurricane Isidore was a slow-moving tropical cyclone that hit western Cuba as a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) and the northern Yucatan Peninsula as a category 3 hurricane. It made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a strong tropical storm.

### Tropical Storm Josephine

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Josephine was a short-lived, high latitude tropical storm well out at sea.

### Hurricane Kyle

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Hurricane Kyle was a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) that lasted for 22 days and became the third longest-lived tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. Kyle eventually made landfall along the southeastern United States coast as a weak tropical storm before moving back out to sea.

### Hurricane Lili

 Duration
 Peak intensity

Hurricane Lili crossed western Cuba as a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a category one hurricane. Lili also affected the Windward Islands as a tropical storm, the northeastern Cayman Islands as a category one hurricane and caused serious rainfall flooding in Jamaica. Thirteen deaths are attributed to Lili. Lili reached category four intensity over the Gulf of Mexico.

### Tropical Depression Fourteen

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## Storm names

* Bertha
* Cristobal
* Dolly
* Edouard
* Fay
* Gustav
* Isidore
* Josephine
* Kyle
* Lili
* Marco *(unused)*
* Nana *(unused)*
* Paloma *(unused)*
* Rene *(unused)*
* Sally *(unused)*
* Teddy *(unused)*
* Vicky *(unused)*
* Wilfred *(unused)*

### Retirement

In Spring 2003, it was announced the World Meteorological Organization had retired the names, Isidore, and Lili for the damage and deaths caused by the storms. They were replaced with Ike and Laura for the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL012002\_Arthur.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL022002\_Bertha.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL032002\_Cristobal.pdf
4. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL042002\_Dolly.pdf
5. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052002\_Edouard.pdf
6. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062002\_Fay.pdf
7. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL082002\_Gustav.pdf
8. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092002\_Hanna.pdf
9. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL102002\_Isidore.pdf
10. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112002\_Josephine.pdf
11. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL122002\_Kyle.pdf
12. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL132002\_Lili.pdf