Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 7, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 7, 2003
Start: 2003-05-07T07:47
End: 2003-05-07T07:47
Location: Louisiana

May 7, 2003 · 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 7, 4:19 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:19 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
220 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

UPDATING THE TORNADO WATCH SCENARIO. LOWERED POPS FROM 30 TO 20 FOR
FAR NW GROUP. RAISED POPS FOR MLU GROUP TO AN EARLY MORNING LIKELY.
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PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF FORECAST IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS MCS
WITH TORNADIC CELL AT ITS HEART IS RUMBLING EASTWARD NORTH OF I 20
CORRIDOR. RAIN AREA INCREASING IN COVERAGE AROUND I 30 AND
NORTHWARD...THUS POPS FOR EARLY TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE UNCERTAIN.
WILL ADJUST AT LAST MINUTE. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE
EASTWARD...MAYBE BUILDING SOUTH OF I 20 OVER NORTHCENTRAL LA...BUT
BY MIDDAY MOST OF AREA SHOULD BE LOOKING OKAY. LOW TO NO POPS WILL
BE THE RULE THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS STORM TRACK SHIFTS TO OUR NW AND N.
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO AREA SUNDAY AND PROVIDE NEXT AREA WIDE CHANCE
OF RAIN THEN. STILL EXPECTING FRONT TO MOVE ALMOST THROUGH THE
ENTIRE AREA...ENDING PRECIP AGAIN FOR A TIME ALTHOUGH IT MAY STILL
LINGER OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
TUESDAY. 17

PRELIMS...

SHV 88/72/90/72/90 3000
MLU 88/72/90/72/90 3000
TXK 87/72/90/72/90 3002
TYR 89/73/90/72/90 2000
LFK 90/73/90/73/90 2000

.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:00 AM CST, 2 hours 47 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>167-071700-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...ACROSS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THIS COMPLEX...WHICH WILL MOVE EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE LATER
TODAY ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 2:15 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
315 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

0220 AM    OIL CITY                  LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/03   CADDO                          REPORTED BY BROADCAST
                                          MEDIA.

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Local storm report, May 7, 3:10 AM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
410 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

0342 AM    3 S SHONGALOO             LA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/03   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, May 7, 4:02 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
502 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

1145 PM    15 NE MINEOLA             TX   TORNADO
05/06/03   WOOD                           POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE
                                          NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF
                                          HAYNESVILLE. 3 HOMES
                                          DESTROYED. 8-9 HOMES
                                          DAMAGED. SOME MINOR
                                          INJURIES. REPORTED BY
                                          BROADCAST MEDIA.

0450 AM    HOMER                     LA   FLASH FLOOD
05/07/03   CLAIBORNE                      ONE FOOT OF WATER ALONG
                                          HWY 79 S. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, May 7, 6:25 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
725 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

0538 AM    2 NW DOWNSVILLE           LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/03   LINCOLN                        TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY
                                          151 NW OF DOWNSVILLE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0545 AM    D ARBONNE                 LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/07/03   UNION                          TREES DOWN ACROSS MUCH
                                          OF SOUTH PORTION OF
                                          PARISH. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0615 AM    CALHOUN                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
           OUACHITA                       TREES DOWN AROUND
                                          TOWN...ONE THROUGH
                                          A HOME. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0615 AM    CALHOUN                   LA   1 INCH HAIL
           OUACHITA                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

Special weather statement, May 7, 6:43 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

ARZ073-LAZ005-006-012>014-071600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
743 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 282 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT...

THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS...AND FOR
UNION...LINCOLN...BIENVILLE...JACKSON...AND OUACHITA PARISHES IN
LOUISIANA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL
HAVE MOVED EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.

Local storm report, May 7, 7:47 AM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
847 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

0530 AM    2NW MAGNOLIA              AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/07/03   COLUMBIA                       TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

0540 AM    DOWNSVILLE                LA   TORNADO
05/07/03   UNION                          TREES DOWNED AND
                                          STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. REPORTED
                                          BY UNION PARISH SO.

0620 AM    MONROE                    LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/03   OUACHITA                       HOLES IN PRODUCERS ROOF.
                                          REPORTED BY KTVE TV.

0630 AM    SWARTZ                    LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/03   OUACHITA                       REPORTED BY KTVE TV.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita

When: May 7, 7:47 AM CST
Where: Ouachita County, 2 mi W of Carlton
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.533, -92.383

Numerous trees and power lines pushed over.

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 Louisiana in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, May 2003

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: 5354515.