Storm reports for October 28, 2002

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On October 28, 2002, 3 hail, 25 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Harris County, TX. Tornadoes killed 2.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $7 million in property damage, 5 injuries and 2 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (40 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (near Baton Rouge) · Tornado F1 · $750,000
  “A tornado produced an intermittent path of damage approximately 7 miles long and varying from 25 to 100 yards wide as it moved east northeast across suburban areas of the southeast Baton Rouge metro area.”
• Liberty County, TX (near Dayton) · Tornado F1 · $185,000
  “Four mobile homes sustained damage with one receiving major damage.”
• Gwinnett County, GA (near Lawrenceville) · Thunderstorm wind · $100,000
  “The Gwinnett county Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds in the form of a downburst or microburst, also likely a result of the remains of Pacific Hurricane Kenna moving through the area, caused considerable damage to four to five buildings on the downtown square.”
• Gwinnett County, GA (near Duluth) · Thunderstorm wind · $75,000
  “The Postal Inspector for the Duluth, Georgia Postal Distribution Center reported that 25 vehicles were moved about in the parking lot of the facility during a thunderstorm downburst or microbust, likely associated with the remnants of a Pacific hurricane, Kenna, which was moving across the area at…”
• Harris County, TX (near Crosby) · Tornado F0 · $55,000
  “Trees blown down and one billboard sign damaged.”
• Pointe Coupee Parish, LA (near Ventress) · Tornado F1 · $30,000
  “A tornado touched down near Ventress and blew the roof off of one mobile home and overtured another.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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