Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 7, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 7, 2002
Start: 2002-04-07T23:06
End: 2002-04-07T23:06
Location: Arkansas

April 7, 2002 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 6:04 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 6:04 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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 radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette

When: April 7, 11:06 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, 8 mi E of Bradley
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.100, -93.533

Several large trees down near Walnut Creek and FM 3302.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5289148.