Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- August 27, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Wood County, Quitman
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -95.433
Numerous trees toppled and power lines snapped.
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 27, 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 27, 6:13 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:13 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 713 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002 SENT OUT AN UPDATE SHORTLY BEFORE SEVEN FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST TEXAS...MCS CONTINUES TO ROLL SOUTHEAST INSTEAD OF DROPPING SOUTH. THE LINE IS WEAKENING SOME...HOWEVER WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE LINE OVER NIGHT. IV PREV NUMBERS... SHV 96/71/96/70 1111 MLU 93/68/93/68 0000 TXK 95/70/95/69 1111 TYR 95/73/96/72 2111 LFK 96/72/96/70 2222 .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:37 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
- Wildfire in California, August 27 to 28, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, August 27 to 28, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 27, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 27, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 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: 5311704.