1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 6:04 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 704 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER EAST TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING. WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WEST ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY. UPDATED TO EXPAND FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL OF EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...ADDED CHANCE OF SEVERE TO THE WEST...AS LINE OF STRONG STORMS MAY MAKE IT INTO EAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLY NORTHWEST LA...LATER TONIGHT. ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPS NORTH OF THE FRONT AND IN A COUPLE OTHER AREAS...AND INCREASED WINDS...AS GRADIENT IS FAIRLY TIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. UPDATE ALREADY OUT. IV .SHV...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR NE TX...SE OK...SW AR...ZONES INCLUDING...ARZ050-051-059-060-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112- 124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line wind gusts destroyed a barn and blew bricks off a home. Several large trees were also blown over.
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