Thunderstorm Wind, Upshur
- When
- April 23, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur County, Glenwood
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.633, -94.833
Several large trees down.
Damaging Wind in Texas, April 23, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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 Apr 23, 11:05 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 11:05 PM CST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1205 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003 HAVE UPDATED THE ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUT FOR NE TX/MCCURTAIN COUNTY OK/SW AR/NW LA UNTIL 9Z. 15 .SHV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 11:00 AM CST, 12 hours 20 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>167-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... DECENT MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PROVIDE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BE LIMITED IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS...DUE TO WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS. A BETTER THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TONIGHT...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE PLAINS...HELPING TO DESTABILIZE THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND AN APPROACHING DRY LINE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF THE FOUR STATE AREA ON THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BOTH POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA WITH TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:12 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
812 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0748 PM BLANCHARD LA .75 INCH HAIL
04/23/03 CADDO REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:21 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 23, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 23 to 24, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 23, 2003
- Strong Wind in Colorado, April 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 23, 2003
- Winter Weather in Vermont, April 23 to 24, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 23 to 24, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 5349573.