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 Aug 26, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 900 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003 WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW POPS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR TONIGHT AS CONVECTION HAS PERSISTED OVER THAT AREA PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN A FEW LOCATIONS. IT APPEARS A STATIONARY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS FOCUSING REPEATING THUNDERSTORMS...CAUSING HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO 4 INCHES IN ISOLATED SPOTS. WILL LOWER THE POPS OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF THE CWA FOR TONIGHT. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR WORDING CHANGES TO THE ZONES...MAINLY FOR THURSDAY. UPDATED ZONES OUT SHORTLY. 03 .SHV...NONE.
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-271100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds tore a roof off the Hanson Aggregates office and felled several large trees.
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