Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 2002
Start: 2002-05-26T17:50
End: 2002-05-26T17:50
Location: Texas

May 26, 2002 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 May 26, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 30
OVER MOSTLY SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE
ACTIVITY PROBABLY INTENSIFIED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AHEAD OF THE
ACTIVITY AS IT MOVED OUT OF OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

LATEST RUC INDICATES ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER
EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA WITH INCREASING LIFT.
SEVERAL VORTICITY MAXIMUMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
EVENING. WEAK SURFACE LOW MAY BE DEVELOPING AS WELL. SPC HINTS AT
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AS WELL INTO NORTH
LOUISIANA. WILL DECIDE AT LAST MINUTE TO ADD SEVERE OR NOT TO ZONES
IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA.

LONGER RANGE INDICATES RIDGING TO BUILD NORTH MONDAY AND DECREASE
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS TROUGH ALONG CALIFORNIA COAST MOVES INTO
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY. WEAK UPPER LOW FORMS OVER OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY
AND SLOWLY MOVES SOUTH DISSIPATING BY FRIDAY. WILL KEEP CHANCE OF
RAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WEATHER SHOULD IMPROVE ON THE WEEKEND
AS RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE WEST.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO REACH THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90
DURING THE DAY AND MID 60S TO NEAR 70 AT NIGHT. SLIGHTLY COOLER
READINGS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH MORE CLOUD COVER.

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PRELIMS...
SHV  068/088/067/089 3101
MLU  067/088/067/088 3111
TXK  067/087/067/087 4212
TYR  069/088/068/087 2102
LFK  069/090/068/088 2111

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
250 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0240 PM    RODESSA                   LA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   CADDO                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, May 26, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
345 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 PM    VIVIAN                    LA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   CADDO                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0333 PM    TEXARKANA                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   BOWIE                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGER.

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Local storm report, May 26, 3:25 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
425 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0215 PM    PRESCOTT                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0325 PM    TEXARKANA                 AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   MILLER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0330 PM    10 NW MAGNOLIA            AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/02   COLUMBIA                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0410 PM    OIL CITY                  LA   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   CADDO                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:10 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
610 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0428 PM    BLANCHARD                 LA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   CADDO                          REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

0430 PM    MOORINGSPORT              LA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   CADDO                          REPORTED BY BROADCAST
                                          MEDIA.

0455 PM    2 S OIL CITY              LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/02   CADDO                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0510 PM    8 NE FARMERVILLE          LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/02   UNION                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0545 PM    5 S DOYLINE               LA   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   WEBSTER                        HAIL FELL IN THE LAKE
                                          BISTINEAU STATE PARK.
                                          REPORTED BY PARKS SERVICE.

0545 PM    5 S DOYLINE               LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/02   WEBSTER                        TREES DOWN ACROSS LAKE
                                          BISTINEAU STATE PARK.
                                          REPORTED BY PARKS SERVICE.

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:46 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    2 SW CASTOR               LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/02   BIENVILLE                      TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 507.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby

When: May 26, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Shelby County, 1 mi N of Center
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.800, -94.183

Several large trees down across FM 3126.

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, May 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: 5288453.