Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- April 7, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Shongaloo
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -93.300
Several large trees and power lines toppled.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 7, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 6:04 PM CST, 5 hours 26 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), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding and Rip Currents in Guam, April 7 to 8, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 7, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 7, 2002
- Dust Storm in Colorado, April 7, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 8, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 8, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, April 7 to 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 7, 2002
More
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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: 5289259.