Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002
Start: 2002-03-19T23:10
End: 2002-03-19T23:10
Location: Texas

March 19, 2002 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Numerous trees down along State Highway 450 south of the Little Cypress Bayou bridge.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.

Numerous trees down along State Highway 450 south of the Little Cypress Bayou bridge.

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 Mar 19, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
800 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

UPDATED THE ZONES FOR WS 32. ALSO INCREASED POPS FOR AREAS WHERE
CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY INCREASING.  LOOKS LIKE A BUSY OVERNIGHT...
05

.SHV...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
       ARZ50-51-59>61-70-71-OKZ77-TXZ96-97-108>112

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison

When: March 19, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Harrison County, 2 mi S of Harleton
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.633, -94.567

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

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, March 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: 5281285.