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 Dec 23, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 950 AM CST MON DEC 23 2002 WAS PREPARING AN EARLY UPDATE FOR TEMPERATURES WHEN THE WATCH CAME OUT...SO OFF WE GO. WARMED THE SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES TO THE MID 60S FOR TODAY...LOWERED THE NEAR STEADY TEMPS UP NORTH A TAD...MENTIONED TEMPS E AND NE FALLING WITH ONSET OF RAIN. 17 .SHV...TORNADO WATCH TIL 3 PM FOR TXZ152-165>167.
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHER NORTH...THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 30. A VIGOROUS PAIR OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AND THIS EVENING IT SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA TO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY AND THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SHOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...ELEVATED INSTABILITY ABOVE THE COOL SURFACE AIR WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING WITH IT AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY AS A SQUALL LINE. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SCENARIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A fallen tree clipped a mobile home causing minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, December 2002
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