Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- August 27, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Center
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.783, -94.183
Numerous large trees and power lines down.
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, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:13 AM CST, 3 hours 37 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:25 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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.Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:40 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
940 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0925 AM WHITE OAK TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 GREGG TREES DOWNED ON TWO HOMES.
REPORT RELAYED FROM GREGG
COUNTY SPOTTER FROM WHITE
OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT.
VIII.Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:57 AM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
957 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM KILGORE TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 GREGG POWER LINES DOWNED ACROSS
TX 135 AND TX 31. REPORT
RELAYED FROM GREGG COUNTY
SPOTTERS VIA KILGORE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0930 AM KILGORE TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 GREGG TREES DOWNED NEAR
US 259 JUST NORTH OF TOWN.
REPORT RELAYED FROM GREGG
COUNTY SPOTTERS VIA KILGORE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
VIII.Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:05 AM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1005 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 AM GILMER TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 UPSHUR TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED NEAR US 271 JUST
NORTH OF TOWN AND ALSO
AT TX 2088 AND COUGAR
ROAD. REPORT FROM
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
VIII.Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:28 AM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1028 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 AM LINDALE TX WIND DAMAGE
08/27/02 SMITH POWER POLE WITH ITS TWO
POWER LINES DOWNED AT I-20
AND US 69. REPORT FROM
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
VIII.Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:30 AM CST, 20 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>167-271730- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1030 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY FOR EAST TEXAS AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...WHICH HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE...WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH EAST TEXAS AND FAR WESTERN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE BRUNT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE THROUGH NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN...AND THE TOLEDO BEND AREA...THROUGH MIDDAY. THIS COMPLEX HAS PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND SOUTHEASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA. THIS BOUNDARY MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS LOUISIANA. LATER TONIGHT...AS OUR UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES...THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX COMING INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT AT THIS TIME THERE IS HOPE THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WILL PASS TO OUR WEST. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN NETWORKS...IS REQUESTED FOR EAST TEXAS AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:52 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
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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: 5311713.