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 30, 12:30 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 130 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002 LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUMP GULF SOUTHERLY WINDS INTO AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SE OK AFTER MIDNIGHT WED NITE. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE ANTICIPATED NEAR FRONT...NEITHER AREAL COVERAGE NOR SEVERE POTENTIAL SEEM VERY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS TIME. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF LA. A NICE BREAK FROM UNSEASONABLE WARMTH WITH FRONT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...AS LOW PRESSURE BECOMES ANCHORED OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS WEEKEND... EXPECT SEVERAL DAYS OF SOUTHERLY BREEZES...WITH DAYTIME TEMPS INCHING BACK TOWARDS 90...NIGHTTIME LOWS MARCHING TOWARDS OWN BENCHMARK OF 70...AND WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MORE PREVALENT CLOSER TO THE LOW...MEANING THE NW SECTIONS OF OUR AREA. SHV 74/93/70/87 0022 MLU 75/91/71/89 0013 TXK 72/92/72/83 0022 TYR 74/92/70/84 0022 LFK 74/92/73/88 0012 VII .SHV...NONE.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large fruit stand was lifted and landed on an nearby uprooted tree.
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