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Top 10 Weather Headlines of 2002
The 2002 spring severe weather season will long be remembered for a series of destructive tornado outbreaks in late April. Three fatalities and over a hundred injuries occurred. The first F-4 tornado in our county warning area since the early 1990's struck near Poplar Bluff, Missouri on April 24. Flooding and droughts both made news headlines in 2002. Major flooding on the Mississippi River in May inundated many thousands of acres of cropland, and flash flooding took one life in Marble Hill, Missouri. Severe drought conditions then set in during the summer, and crop damage totals across our region topped those of the 1999 drought. Winter weather made an appearance before the year was out, with a major snow and ice storm on December 4. Overall, the year 2002 was a busy weather year.
The rankings below are based mostly on damage figures and casualties.
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Have a safe and happy 2003! |