1 flash flood, 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 Apr 7, 9:45 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1045 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 WILL MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO ZONES FOR THE AFTERNOON. TO BEGIN WITH...SHV SOUNDING IS VERY STABLE AND DRY IN THE LOWER LEVELS. AS UPPER TROF APPROACHES...THIS WILL CHANGE...BUT LOUISIANA PORTION OF FORECAST AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN DRY UNTIL 7 PM. SOME CONVECTION CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST COUNTIES IN FLASH FLOOD WATCH SO WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES TO WATCH... BUT WILL BACK DOWN POPS TO LIKELY...AS PRECIP NOT SOLID. SCATTERED POPS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA IN EAST TEXAS. WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE IN LOUISIANA PORTION OF AREA...WILL HAVE TO RAISE AFTERNOON HIGHS...OTHERWISE TEMPS LOOK OK. .SHV...A FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR NE TX...SE OK...SW AR ZONES INCLUDING ARZ050-051-059-060-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112 14
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-071730- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1130 AM CST SUN APR 7 2002 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS ACROSS EAST TEXAS...MAINLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST TEXAS 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>167-071730- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1130 AM CST SUN APR 7 2002 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS ACROSS EAST TEXAS...MAINLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST TEXAS TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:18 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
FM 472 and 463 in town were flooded as well as FM 2138 and 2234 near Lake Tyler. .
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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