1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 11, 7:20 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 720 AM CST MON MAR 11 2002 UPDATED THE ZONES BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS...12Z RAOB DATA AND UPDATED SPC OUTLOOK. NOW HAVE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE HAILERS. LOOKING AT THE 12Z RAOB DATA...-25 AT 500MB AT DEN...AND AMA COOLED FROM -15 TO -20 AT 500MB. THAT 500MB TEMP AT AMA IS ABOUT 2C COOLER THAN ETA HAD PROGGED. AGREE WITH SPC DISCUSSION REGARDING HAIL POSSIBILITIES. INCLUDED SEVERE IN ZONE WORDING FOR MOST GROUPS. CONVECTION IS SPREADING TO THE EAST A BIT FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...SO WE REMOVED THE AFTERNOON WORDING FROM THE ERN ZONES. NO CHANGES TO TEMPS. .SHV...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was struck by lightning inside his home but only suffered minor injuries.
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, March 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: 5281112.