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 Jun 24, 1:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 220 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT AROUND OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AREAS OF LA. THE ETA AND AVN MODELS MOVE THE UPPER LOW MOVING SLOWLY NW TO THE NE TX AREA BY 12Z WED. THIS WILL CREATE A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FOR N LA AND SW AR BOTH TUE AND WED. VERY LITTLE CAP IS EXPECTED OVER FORECAST AREA TUE AND WED...SO AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. PRECIP MAY LINGER INTO THU...AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY...AS THE WEAK UPPER LOW ELONGATES INTO A NORTH/SOUTH TROF OVER EAST TX. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE PERSISTENT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90. LATER...ON THE WEEKEND...HIGHS WILL REACH BACK INTO THE 90S AS THE PRECIP DECREASING IN COVERAGE. 03 SHV 68/85/69/86 3535 MLU 68/85/68/85 3434 TXK 68/86/69/84 2424 TYR 69/86/69/86 2425 LFK 69/87/68/86 3525 .SHV...NONE.
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-241630- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1030 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWEST TO THE AREA OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL FORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY...AND DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...COULD OCCUR. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN NETWORKS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew in two hanger doors. The wind then entered the hanger and blew out the walls. The roof then collapsed subsequently destroying two Cessna-150 airplanes residing in the hanger.
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