Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- August 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Maydelle
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -95.300
Several large trees down.
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 16, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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 Aug 16, 12:30 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 12:30 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 130 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 AFTER THIS EVENING...APPEARS THAT REGION WILL FINALLY START TO DRY OUT SOMEWHAT BUT ALONG WITH THE DRYING TREND COMES A RETURN TO SULTRY TEMPERATURES. REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER A WEAKENING SHEAR AXIS THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST THUS...RESULTING IN MORE OF A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. THIS SHOULD HELP TO CHOKE MOISTURE RETURN SOMEWHAT AND STRENGTHEN CAPPING INVERSION ACROSS THE REGION AS EARLY AS SUNDAY. WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS IN THE EXTREME EAST FOR SATURDAY AS SHEAR AXIS WILL PLAY MORE OF A ROLE IN THIS REGION. EXTENDED...RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS N OK/NW AR BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH REGION CAUGHT UNDER WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS ACROSS MY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN THIRD AS THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE FOR AFTERNOON HEATING TO WORK WITH TO PRODUCE DIURNAL SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. THE BIG STORY FOR NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE HEAT. WET GROUND CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HIGH SFC DEWPOINTS. A GOOD BET THAT HEAT INDEX HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED BY NEXT WEEK. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS TO FOLLOW...13. SHV 74/94/74/95 2211 MLU 73/92/74/94 3312 TXK 74/94/75/95 2101 TYR 74/94/75/95 0101 LFK 73/94/73/94 2212 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:51 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
LAZ001-002-162015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 251 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY THROUGH 315 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE GREAT CAUTION.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:17 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
LAZ001-002-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 317 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS OF CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES THAT ARE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...THROUGH 345 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO WITHIN THE DOWNPOURS. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...AS WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BLANCHARD AND BENTON...SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in Washington, August 16, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, August 16 to 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16 to 17, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, August 16, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, August 16, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 16, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, August 16, 2002
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2002
- Wildfire in Washington, August 16 to 20, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 16, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 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: 5311639.