Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Shreveport, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
333 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

.DISCUSSION...
VERY POTENT CLOSED LOW NEAR PANHANDLE REGION WILL MOVE SLOWLY ESE ACROSS
OK TONIGHT AND WED. SCATTERED TSTMS DEVLOPING FROM FTW INTO SE OK.
FURTHER WEST...BROKEN LINE TSTMS ALONG DRYLINE. THUS...ALREADY TWO
REGIONS OF CONCERN...WITH CONVECTION POSSIBLE ALONG SECONDARY
BOUNDARIES LATER TONIGHT. 18Z SOUNDING AT FTW SHOWED A SIX HOUR
INCREASE IN K INDEX FROM 19 TO 37...AND HELICITY AROUND 200 WITH
45 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET. MODEL SOUNDING INDICATE THIS MODERATELY
HIGH HELICITY TO INCREASE. IN ADDITION...SOUTHERLY UPPER JET IN
EXCESS OF 100 KNOTS AHEAD OF UPPER LOW WILL SERVE BOTH TO PUMP
DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS EAST TX LATER TONIGHT...AND TO PRODUCE
EXTREME UPPER DIVERGENCE OF BOTH SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT.
SATURATED COLUMN AND POSSIBLE SLOWING OF SYSTEM DUE IN PART TO
OBSTRUCTION OF SUCH A STRONG SOUTHERLY UPPER LEVEL
JET...TRANSITION MORE FROM SEVERE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN EVENT. IN THE
MEANTIME...DRY AIR ABOVE LOADED GUN SHAPED SOUNDINGS ENHANCE
SEVERE THREAT...ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE HAIL. AS FFG VALUES FAIRLY HIGH...
WILL WAIT A FEW HOURS BEFORE DECIDING ON FLOOD WATCH.
OTHER QUESTION WILL BE EXISTENCE AND INTENSITY OF ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS
RIGHT ALONG FRONT DURING DAY ON WED. INHIBITING FACTOR WILL BE A
VERY WORKED OVER AIRMASS BY THAT TIME AND DRY SLOTTING FROM SE TX.
WEAK FRONT WILL DRAG INTO AT LEAST NORTHERN PORTIONS OF AREA WITH
SHORTWAVE IN NW FLOW ALOFT FRIDAY NIGHT. PUT IN LOW CHANCE POPS.
NEXT WEEK PREDOMINATE SOUTHERLY FLOW. MAY SEE HIGHS CLIMB WELL
INTO THE 80S. /VII/

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.AVIATION...
MVFR AND VFR CIGS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. CIGS WILL LOWER TONIGHT
TO MVFR WITH POSSIBLE IFR IN EAST TEXAS. SCATTERED TSRA WILL OCCUR
THIS EVENING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FOUR STATE AREA...WITH A
SQUALL LINE DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. TSRA WILL BE NUMEROUS DURING THE
MORNING WEDNESDAY. CIGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE MVFR FOR MUCH OF
THE MORNING WEDNESDAY...WITH VFR CIGS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST AND EAST
TEXAS IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MAY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AT A FEW TAF SITES./03/

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  66  75  56  77 /  70  70   0  10
MLU  67  76  58  76 /  50  70   0  10
DEQ  66  74  50  71 /  70  50  20  10
TXK  65  75  55  74 /  70  60  20  10
ELD  66  74  56  75 /  60  60  20  10
TYR  66  75  55  76 /  70  40   0  10
GGG  66  76  55  75 /  70  40   0  10
LFK  67  77  56  78 /  70  70   0  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDES EAST ALONG THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINE.
A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN PLACE ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF THE I-30 CORRIDOR...WHERE THE BEST SHEAR AND INSTABILITY
WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE
ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS AND THEN PUSH EASTWARD INTO
THE FOUR STATE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MUCH OF THE EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE FOUR STATE AREA...COVERING EAST TEXAS...NORTH
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS...PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER AND RAINFALL
MAY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE...BUT AS THIS A
DYNAMICALLY STRONG SYSTEM...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
IS IN PLACE FOR THE EVENING TIME FRAME OVER ALL BUT THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FOUR STATE AREA...FROM HEMPHILL
TEXAS...TO MONROE LOUISIANA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER
SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...AND WILL MOVE
INTO EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING
WEDNESDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS...AND STILL THE POSSIBILITY
OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WITH ONE TO THREE INCH RAINFALL
TOTALS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL EXIT THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER
BUT DRIER AIR GRADUALLY FILTERING BACK INTO THE AREA.

AREA RESIDENTS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM AS IT SLOWLY MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA DURING EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

EARLY WEDNESDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING OVER
EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS STILL POSSIBLE THREATS WITH THESE STORMS...AND
STILL AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT.  PERHAPS MORE LIKELY WOULD BE THE
THREAT FOR FLOODING WHICH MAY DEVELOP WITH MORE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER PREVIOUSLY RAIN SOAKED AREAS.  OTHERWISE...A
WEAK SYSTEM MAY TOUCH OFF SOME MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY...BUT NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...BEYOND WHAT MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND EARLY
TOMORROW.

VII

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
658 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW WRIGHT CITY        34.08N 95.03W
04/24/2007                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

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