Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 25, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 3 mi W of Atlanta
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.117, -94.183
Several large trees toppled across Highway 96.
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 25, 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 25, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 320 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AND WATCH BOX IS KEEPING US BUSY TODAY. COMPLEX OF STORMS NEAR THE WRN EDGE OF THE FA HAS PRODUCED SOME SVR WIND GUSTS IN THE FTW CWFA...BUT THE ACTIVITY SEEMS TO BE CURRENTLY LOSING SOME OF ITS INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO OUR AREA. NONETHELESS...WILL BE WATCHING THE ACTIVITY QUITE CLOSELY OVER THE COMING HOURS FOR WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER NOCTURNAL MCS TO DEVELOP AROUND THE UPPER RED RIVER VALLEY AREA AND MOVE SE TOWARD E TX. THEREFORE...WE ARE KEEPING CHANCE POPS FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT PERIOD TONIGHT FOR THAT POSSIBILITY. ACCORDINGLY...THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THE ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW...SO WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE SRN PART OF THE AREA INTO THE SECOND PERIOD. BEYOND THAT...DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EFFECTIVELY ENDING OUR RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE SEASONABLE FOR THE MOST PART...BUT WE MAY ENJOY SOME COOLER MIN TEMPS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A RATHER DEEP TROF FORMING OVER THE TN VALLEY...DRAGGING DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA. WE ARE STILL NOT GOING QUITE AS LOW AS THE MRF MOS NUMBERS ARE SHOWING...BUT SOME LOWS IN THE 60S WOULD BE QUITE WELCOME IN LATTER AUGUST. FCSTID = 5 SHV 72 94 70 94 / 20 20 20 0 MLU 72 93 69 94 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 71 93 70 94 / 40 0 0 0 TYR 74 95 72 94 / 40 20 20 0 LFK 74 93 72 94 / 40 20 20 0 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:50 AM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251745- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1150 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND NEW FORECAST DATA INDICATES AN INCREASING POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH THE RED RIVER VALLEY AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WOULD BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS MINIMAL. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN NETWORKS...MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 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
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 25, 2002
- Hail in Montana, August 25, 2002
- Hail in North Dakota, August 25 to 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 25, 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: 5311702.