Name: Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 22, 2002
Start: 2002-07-22T15:50
End: 2002-07-22T16:10
Location: Louisiana

Where it happened

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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: 2

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 22, 12:50 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 12:50 PM CST, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
150 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

SFC RIDGE AXIS LOCATED ACROSS SE TX/SW LA COAST THIS AFTERNOON
WITH SEABREEZE VERY UNEVENTFUL AS A RESULT. CONVECTION CONTINUING
TO FIRE ACROSS PORTIONS OF MISS AND LOOK FOR THIS TO CONTINUE AND
WITH FURTHER HEATING...PERHAPS A FEW STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS N
CENTRAL LA WHERE SLIGHTLY BETTER DEEP LAYER MOISTURE EXISTS AND
HIGHER INSTABILITY. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE LAST SEVERAL NIGHTS...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER
SUNSET. MAY GO AHEAD AND DECIDE TO INCLUDE ISOLATED FURTHER WEST
INTO EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA BUT WILL MAKE THIS DECISION AT ISSUANCE
TIME.

MODELS ALL CONSISTENT ON THEIR HANDLING OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEIR HANDLING OF POSSIBLE
PRECIP ACCOMPANYING THIS FRONT. CURRENT FCST HAS LOW CHANCE POPS
BY AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR EXTREME NORTHWEST COUNTIES...AND TAKING
THIS WORDING SOUTH TO AR/LA BORDER FOR TUE NIGHT AND AREA WIDE
FOR WEDNESDAY. SEE NOTHING TO CHANGE THIS WAY OF THINKING IN 12Z
MODEL OUTPUT AS BOTH AVN/ETA SIMILAR IN FRONTAL POSITION. STILL
LOOKING AS IF FRONT WILL WASH OUT LATE THU/FRI AS MID LEVEL
RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EASTWARD FROM OK/INTO AR SAT MORNING. MAY
SEE SOME COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPS ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS THU
THROUGH SAT TIME PERIOD BUT SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL RESULT IN
RAPID WARM UP DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND MEX ALREADY PICKING UP
ON THIS WITH UPPER 90S BY END OF THE WORK WEEK. WILL STICK WITH
CURRENT MID 90S THIS FAR OUT...BUT AT LEAST HEAT INDICES SHOULD
RELAX A LITTLE.

AS FOR HEAT INDICES...WILL INCLUDE HEADLINE ONE MORE DAY WITH
INCREASED CLOUDS HOPEFULLY ALLOWING THE HEADLINE TO DIE A QUICK
BUT TEMPORARY DEATH FOR WED.

PRELIMS TO FOLLOW...13.
SHV 76/96/74/93 0123
MLU 75/95/73/92 2223
TXK 77/96/73/92 0233
TYR 77/94/75/92 0023
LFK 74/96/73/93 1123

.SHV...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle

When: July 22, 3:50 PM CST
Where: La Salle County, Jena
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.683, -92.133

Numerous trees and power lines blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle

When: July 22, 4:10 PM CST
Where: La Salle County, Trout
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.700, -92.183

Numerous trees and power lines 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

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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: 5304986, 5304987.