Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 2002
Start: 2002-07-12T12:45
End: 2002-07-12T12:45
Location: Louisiana

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

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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 Jul 12, 9:40 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 9:40 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-121630-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...WITH SURFACE HEATING AND A
WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RESULTING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED
OCCURRENCES OF DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN
NETWORKS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: July 12, 12:45 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 1 mi SE of Shreveport
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.467, -93.733

Several trees down and a railroad crossing sign blown 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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, July 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: 5304887.