Hail in Louisiana, December 22, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001

FIRST OF A SERIES OF CANADIAN COLD AIR CHUNKS WILL BEGIN TO SPILL
INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
THROUGH THE DFW AREA. MERGING SHORT WAVES OVER THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CAUSE UPPER LOW TO STRENGTHEN AND ACCELERATE
TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES...THUS OPENING THE COLD AIR GATEWAY. SLOWER
ETA MODEL SHOWING MORE RELIABILITY...SO EXPECT FRONT TO TAKE MOST OF
THE NIGHT MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH NORTH LA. CONVECTION RATHER SPARSE
ALONG LEADING TROF...ONLY SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN
IN EAST TX LAKES. UPPER DIVERGENT PATTERN AS LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF
JET STREAM DIGS INTO AREA...AND CYLCONIC CURVATURE...TRANSVERSES
FROM SE TX EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL LA INTO THE EVENING. INSTABILITY
POCKET INDICATED ON LAPS ANAYSIS EAST OF CLL. THIS MAY ALLOW
REGENERATION OF CONVECTION INTO EAST TX LAKES...WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
UNUSUAL WITH COLD FRONTS...ESPECIALLY LATELY.

LOOKING AT EXTENDED...COOL AIR TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNDER DEEP
NORTHERLY FLOW AS UPPER TROF BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER EASTERN GREAT
LAKES. COLDER SHOTS OF AIR LOOKING TO ARRIVE AROUND CHRISTMAS...THEN
AGAIN TOWARDS BEGINNING OF FOLLOWING WEEKEND. NO CONVECTIVE
PRECIPITATION AT ALL FORESEEN. OTHER PRECIPITATION NOT OBVIOUS
ENOUGH TO PUT IN FORECAST YET.

SHV 40/55/27/54  3000
MLU 43/58/31/54  6000
TXK 39/52/28/52  2000
TYR 38/53/28/55  1000
LFK 42/58/26/56  2000

VII

.SHV...NONE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
517 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN SABINE COUNTY TEXAS WILL
CONTINUE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR...AND INTO SABINE PARISH LOUISIANA...DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING
WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM IS APPROXIMATELY 7
MILES EAST OF HEMPHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 45 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT THE FLORIEN COMMUNITY IN SABINE PARISH AROUND 530 PM.
BOATERS ON TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND TAKE COVER
AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
600 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001

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

0425 PM    SIKES                     LA   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
12/22/01   WINN                           ESTIMATED WIND GUST REPORT FROM
                                          DEPT OF HIGHWAYS OFFICIAL...DOTD

0425 PM    10 W COLGRADE             LA   WIND DAMAGE
12/22/01   WINN                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          A 1/2 MILE STRETCH OF TOM
                                          HUDSON ROAD JUST NE OF
                                          WINNFIELD REPORT FROM DEPT OF
                                          HIGHWAYS OFFICIAL...DOTD

0435 PM    5 NW COLGRADE             LA   WIND DAMAGE
12/22/01   WINN                           NUMEROUS TREES/POWER LINES
                                          DOWN BETWEEN HIGHWAY 124
                                          AND 499 SHINGLES BLOWN OFF
                                          SEVERAL HOUSES REPORT FROM
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

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