Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- August 3, 1:58 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Tyler Pounds Arpt
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -95.400
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 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 3, 9:35 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:35 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1035 AM CDT SAT AUG 3 2002 CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THIS MORNING. WILL NOT UPDATE AT THIS TIME. 05 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:35 AM CST, 4 hours 23 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>167-031630- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1035 AM CDT SAT AUG 3 2002 DAYTIME HEATING MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS ON A HOT DAY...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN NETWORKS...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 3, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 3, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, August 3 to 4, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 3, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, August 3 to 5, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 3, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 3, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 3, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 3, 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: 5311630.