Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 2002
Start: 2002-04-08T00:55
End: 2002-04-08T00:55
Location: Louisiana

April 8, 2002 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Open the live radar over this ground

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 8, 12:40 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 12:40 AM CST, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
140 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

UPDATED FORECAST FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUANCE FOR
ACROSS AND NEAR NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND FOR A PART OF THE EAST
TEXAS LAKES AREA. SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS DURING PAST FEW HOURS. INCREASED RAIN
CHANCES TO NEAR 100 PERCENT MOST OF AREA WITH SOLID RAIN SHIELD AND
EMBEDDED THUNDER BEHIND LINE. ALSO APPEARED TEMPERATURES WOULD
REMAIN STEADY OVERNIGHT WITHIN RAIN SHIELD.

VII

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 11:55 PM CST, 1 hour before

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

15

Local storm report, Apr 8, 12:30 AM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
130 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1206 AM    8 E BRADLEY               AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02   LAFAYETTE                      TREES DOWN NEAR WALKER
                                          CREEK NEAR FM 5302. REPORT
                                          FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

1230 AM    SAREPTA                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02   WEBSTER                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN SAREPTA. REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1230 AM    1 W DIXIE INN             LA   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02   WEBSTER                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

1230 AM    SPRINGHILL                LA   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02   WEBSTER                        TREES DOWN OVER HIGHWAY
                                          157 AND SURROUNDING STREETS
                                          NEAR SPRINGHILL. TREE DOWN
                                          ON A HOUSE. REPORT FROM
                                          STORM SPOTTER

1235 AM    MAGNOLIA                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/02   COLUMBIA                       TREES DOWN IN MAGNOLIA.
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

15

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sabine

When: April 8, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Sabine County, Many
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.567, -93.483

Several large trees down.

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 Louisiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, 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: 5289258.