1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 7:55 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 755 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002 WILL DO AN UPDATE SINCE SVR WATCH 55 EXPIRES AT 800 AM THIS MORNING. ALSO INCREASE WINDS NORTH OF THE FRONT. PREVIOUS DISCUSION...FORECAST NUMBERS BELOW... 13 VERY WET PERIOD EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24HRS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH THE EJECTION OF CLOSED UPPER LOW. MODELS HAVE TURNED BACK TO THEIR QUICKER MOVEMENT ON THE UPPER LOW... RESULTING IN A DRIER SUNDAY BUT WE HAVE TO GET THERE FIRST. 07Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING THE ALL IMPORTANT BOUNDARY/FRONT NEAR A TRL...TXK... PBF LINE. MODELS CONTINUE TO FLIP FLOP ON HOW FAR SOUTH THIS BOUNDARY WILL FALL BEFORE STALLING OUT. BELIEVE THE FRONT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE IT NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF N LA...AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF A DEEPENING SFC LOW TO TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL TX DURING THE DAY TODAY. WHILE THE SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ACCORDING TO POSITIONING OF THE FRONT AND UPPER LOW THROUGH TONIGHT...MODEL QPF ARE IN BAD AGREEMENT. BELIEVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE I-30 CORRIDOR OF NE TX... SE OK AND ALL OF S AR. THIS FALLS MORE IN LINE WITH THE AVN QPF WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN SHIFTING FURTHER SOUTHWARD LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STACKED UPPER LOW/SFC LOW. 00Z SOUNDING CONTINUE TO SHOW A SUBSTANTIAL CAP IN PLACE FROM FWD/SHV/JAN YET ELEVATED SUPER CELLS ONGOING NORTH OF THE FRONT WEST OF FTW. CAP IS WEAKEST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...THUS THE REASONING FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACROSS MY NORTHERN AREAS TODAY. WILL LEAVE INHERITED FFA UNCHANGED...BUT WILL TRY TO WORD IT WITH HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS TODAY. SEVERE WORDING WILL BE INCLUDED ALL AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT ALL AREAS WITH EJECTION OF THE UPPER LOW. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...QUICKER MOVEMENT AND WEAKENING OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD RESULT IN A DRIER EASTER SUNDAY ACROSS MOST AREAS. WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCES OF MORNING RAIN ACROSS E TX AND TREND POPS TOWARD CHANCE CATEGORY FURTHER EAST. TEMPS ARE A CRAPSHOOT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A LOT HINGING ON LOCATION OF THE FRONT. WILL TRY TO BLEND MOS TEMPS...PERHAPS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE WARMER NGM MOS/MESOETA 2M TEMPS. THANKS FOR COORD SPC...PRELIMS TO FOLLOW...13 SHV 77/57/68/46 7930 MLU 77/60/67/48 7940 TXK 68/54/66/45 +920 TYR 74/54/68/46 7920 LFK 79/58/68/47 5820 .SHV...FFA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-OKZ077-TXZ096 -097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down over county roads. Roof blown off a home and a porch blown down.
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