Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- June 16, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Rusk
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -95.150
Several large trees down on FM 241.
Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 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 Jun 16, 1:15 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:15 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 215 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2002 ZIPPITY DOO DAH. MCC CHURNING AWAY...LOOKS LIKE THE BRUNT OF IT WILL CLIP THE SW CORNER OF AREA. HAVE HIGHEST POPS AND SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE IN TYR AND LFK GROUPS. LIKELY POPS NORTH AND EAST OF THERE...WITH 50S FAR E AND NE SECTIONS OF CWA. MCC IS A LITTLE EARLY...AND TRUCKIN. MADE CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST TO REDUCE POPS 2ND AND 3RD PERIOD...AND TO REINTRO THEM IN THE EXTENDED AS AVN STILL WANTS TO GIVE US A SUMMERTIME WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROF ALOFT. 17 PRELIMS... SHV 83/65/90/67/89 7400 MLU 86/64/89/65/88 5400 TXK 86/64/89/66/88 7000 TYR 81/65/90/66/90 8400 LFK 81/67/90/67/91 8620 .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:36 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 2002
- Rip Current in New Jersey, June 16, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 16 to 22, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, June 16, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 16, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 16, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 16, 2002
- High Surf in California, June 16, 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: 5296607.