1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jul 11, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 300 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002 MAIN WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH SHORT TERM IS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE MID MS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS BY EARLY SATURDAY. WITH WINDS ALREADY NORTHERLY THROUGH THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...ANY ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND. DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT CONVECTION AND LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURES WOULD PLACE IT ALONG INTERSTATE 30 FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS BOUNDARY MAY SINK INTO CENTRAL LA BY LATE FRIDAY...STALL AND RETURN LATE SUNDAY. MODELS DISAGREE ON TIMING...WITH AVN CONTINUING WITH HIGHER POPS FOR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME WILL FOLLOW COMBINATION OF NGM AND ETA...WHICH LOWER MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MOVE BOUNDARY SOUTH OF AREA. THUS HIGHER POPS FOR FRIDAY...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR WEEKEND PERIOD...THEN HIGHER AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN BRINGING HIGHER PRECIP WATER. ALSO THE UPPER TROUGH SHOULD RETROGRADE WEST THROUGH TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING FROM THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST. PRELIMS... SHV 074/092 071/090 071 3542 MLU 074/092 071/090 071 3542 TXK 075/092 069/089 069 3542 TYR 075/092 071/090 071 3542 LFK 073/093 074/092 072 2542 .SHV...NONE. 14
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Man died from heat stroke while working on his vehicle outside his home. He was found by his neighbor.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Smith | 2002-07-11 | 35 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, July 2002
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: 5304873.