1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 27, 6:13 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
925 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 AM QUITMAN TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 WOOD TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED. REPORT FROM
SHERIFF OFFICE.
0843 AM MOUNT VERNON TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED ALONG TX
37...COUNTY ROAD 500...FM
3357...TX 115. REPORT
FROM SHERIFF OFFICE.
VIII.The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down including trees across two homes causing moderate to light roof damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2002
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