Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- August 17, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County, Campti
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -93.117
Several large trees down.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 17, 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 Aug 17, 12:52 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 12:52 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 152 PM CDT SAT AUG 17 2002 WEAKENING VORT AXIS OVER AREA WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS OVER THE EAST AND SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE WEAK VORT AXIS IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN SE AND SW UPPER HIGH CENTERS...WITH NO REAL PLACE TO GO. IT WILL DO LITTLE ELSE THAN TEND TO KEEP CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...SOMEWHAT MUGGY...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL HELP EASE THE FEEL OF THE HEAT. PRELIMS... SHV 74/95/75/96/74 1111 MLU 73/93/74/94/72 2222 TXK 74/95/76/96/75 0000 TYR 74/95/75/96/75 0000 LFK 74/94/75/95/72 1222 .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 17, 2002
- Wildfire in California, August 17 to 20, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 2002
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 17 to 22, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 17, 2002
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 17, 2002
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 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: 5311642.