1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Dec 30, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 850 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002 ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER. A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA WHICH WILL BE REFLECTED ON A ZONES UPDATE SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUPPORTED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH LA THIS EVENING. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES TO ZONES ON THIS UPDATE. 03 .SHV...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE AREA FOR TONIGHT.
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CST MON DEC 30 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTH LOUISIANA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE THAT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR SOME RAINFALL ON TUESDAY TO WRAP AROUND BEHIND THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 20
LAZ010-011-017-018-TXZ150>153-165>167-310255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 652 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS AND PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS...AND PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE COUNTIES IN TEXAS INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE ANGELINA... NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...PANOLA...AND RUSK. THE PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE DE SOTO...NATCHITOCHES...RED RIVER...AND SABINE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
930 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM WHITE HOUSE TX WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0535 PM DOUGLASSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 CASS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0557 PM LINDEN TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
12/30/02 CASS
0619 PM TEXARKANA AR FUNNEL CLOUD
12/30/02 MILLER FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC EAST OF
TEXARKANA.
0600 PM DOMINO TX .75 INCH HAIL
12/30/02 CASS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0620 PM DIERKS AR WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 HOWARD FEW TREES DOWN. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
03PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
946 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT LA 64 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
12/30/02 CADDO OBSERVED AT NWS OFFICE.
0807 PM KEATCHIE LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 DE SOTO ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0812 PM LUFKIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
12/30/02 ANGELINA REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0645 PM FOUKE AR WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 MILLER TWO HOUSES WITH ROOF
DAMAGE...WIND ESTIMATED AT
60 MPH. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0755 PM BOSSIER CITY LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 BOSSIER POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0815 PM CENTER TX .50 INCH HAIL
12/30/02 SHELBY REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVERS
03PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1000 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 PM HUNTINGTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
12/30/02 ANGELINA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0914 PM SAN AUGUSTINE TX .75 INCH HAIL
12/30/02 SAN AUGUSTINE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0820 PM SAREPTA LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 WEBSTER TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
03PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1021 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM ARCADIA LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 BIENVILLE SOME TREES DOWN ON
INTERSTATE 20. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0840 PM HOMER LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 CLAIBORNE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0915 PM MANY LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 SABINE SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND
THE PARISH. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0930 PM NATCHITOCHES LA WIND DAMAGE
12/30/02 NATCHITOCHES MANY TREES DOWN AROUND THE
PARISH. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
03The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees toppled or snapped. Many of them were located along Highway 8 east of Colfax.
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
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: 5321743.