2002 Pacific hurricane season
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| First storm formed: | May 24, 2002 | |
| Last storm dissipated: | Oct. 31, 2002 | |
| Named Storms: | 12 | |
| Major storms (Cat. 3+) | 5 | |
| Total damages (in USD): | $5 million+ | |
| Total fatalites: | 4 | |
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The 2002 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 2002 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 2002 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2002. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is confined to those storms monitored by the U.S. National Hurricane Center, which is all tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere east of 140 degrees west longitude, and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Hawaii, which monitors tropical cyclones from 180W (the international date line) to 140W. Tropical depressions that form east of 140W have "-E" (Eastern) appended to the number, storms that form west of 140W have "-C" (Central) appended.
2002 storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 2002. The name "Kenna" was retired by the World Meteorological Organization, and will be replaced in the 2008 Pacific hurricane season by "Karina". Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.
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See also
External links
- NHC 2002 Pacific hurricane season archive (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2002epac.shtml)
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center (http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/)
