1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 6 hours 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1255 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM 2 SE CLARKSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02 RED RIVER ROOF OFF A HOUSE NEAR HWY
82 AND 412 REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
1135 PM COUNTYWIDE TX FLOODING
04/07/02 GREGG SEVERAL ROADS ARE UNDERWATER
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1136 PM VIVIAN LA WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02 CADDO TREES DOWN IN VIVIAN
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1145 PM HOSSTON LA WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02 CADDO TREES DOWN IN HOSSTON REPORT FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT
1150 PM 10 SE TYLER TX FLOODING
04/07/02 SMITH CR 229 SE OF TYLER IS
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1154 PM PLAIN DEALING LA WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02 BOSSIER SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ROOFS OFF OF BUILDINGS DAMAGE TO
GAS METERS REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
1155 PM 10 SW MARSHALL TX FLOODING
04/07/02 HARRISON HWY 43 IS FLOODED REPORT
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1155 PM SHREVEPORT LA .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 CADDO DIME SIZED HAIL FELL NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF W 70TH
STREET AND MERIWETHER ROAD
REPORT FROM OFF DUTY NWS
EMPLOYEE
1205 AM 5 S TAYLOR AR WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02 COLUMBIA TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE
TRAILER 3 MILES NORTH OF
THE AR/LA STATE LINE ON
HIGHWAY 371 REPORT FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT
1212 AM ELM GROVE LA WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02 BOSSIER SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were toppled. Several empty railroad cars were blown over.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2002
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: 5289147.