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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 2:50 AM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 350 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 24 HRS...AS STATIONARY FRONT STILL LIES ABOUT WHERE IT WAS AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY...FROM CNTRL/SRN AR...INTO EXTREME NW LA...AND INTO NE TX. UPPER CUTOFF LOW HAS JOGGED EVER SO SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST OVER NE TX THROUGH SUN...WHERE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN KEEPING LOW OVER E TX DURING THE NEW FEW DAYS RATHER THAN DRIFTING IT EAST AS THEY DID SUN. HOWEVER...BEYOND 48 HRS...IT/S ANYONE/S CLUE WHERE THIS LOW WILL END UP...AS THE AVN BEGINS TO DIVERGE BY TAKING LOW NWD INTO RED RIVER VALLEY TUE NITE/WED MORNING...AND INTO AR WED. THE UKMET IS SIMILAR WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE AVN...WONDERING IF THEY THINK LONGWAVE DIGGING THROUGH THE N GREAT LAKES DURING THIS TIME WILL CATCH THE LOW AND LIFT IT NWD. I STRONGLY HAVE MY DOUBTS WITH THIS AT THIS TIME... THINKING LOW WILL HANG AROUND SOMEWHERE IN E TX. CONVECTION SHOWING UP ON RADAR THIS MORNING LIES BETWEEN STATIONARY SFC BOUNDARY AND SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING FROM NE TX INTO SW AR. HEAVIEST CELL IN SMITH COUNTY S OF TYR HAS AVERAGED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1.75 DURING THE LAST CPL HOURS...WITH MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS ALONG THE I-30 CORRIDOR. I PONDERED AN FFA FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FOR TODAY AND TONITE...BUT GIVEN ONLY SCATTERED COVERAGE YESTERDAY...WITH SIMILAR COVERAGE TODAY...JUST NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD FLOODING. HOWEVER... WEAK SHEAR WHEN COMBINED WITH PW/S >1.75 DURING THE NEXT 48 HRS... AND SOME INSTABILITY DURING THE AFTERNOON...CAN/T RULE OUT SOME SLOW MOVING STRONG STORMS PRODUCING EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAINFALL. FFG FOR THE AREA IN VC OF FRONT/SHEAR AXIS STILL HIGH GIVEN AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS /3-6 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS/...BUT GIVEN THIS APPEARS TO BE VERY LOCALIZED EVENT...DECIDED TO FOREGO THE FFA FOR NOW. GIVEN CURRENT ACTIVITY ON THE SCOPE...WENT WITH LIKELIES FOR MUCH OF E TX AND SW AR...WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS N LA GIVEN UNCERTAIN COVERAGE. WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL FOR E TX/SW AR AS WELL. APPEARS CONVECTION MAY DWINDLE WITH THE AFTERNOON HEATING TONITE...BUT EXPECTING ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY TO REDEVELOP IN VC OF SHEAR AXIS. CONTINUED WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS EXCEPT FAR NW TUE...THUS TAPERING THEM DOWN A BUT AFTER SUNSET. THE EXTENDED LOOKS MUCH LIKE A REPEAT...AS UPPER LOW SHOULD REMAIN IN THE VC OF THE CWA. THE GFS KEEPS THE LOW OVER S AR THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...AND GIVEN THAT THE MEX IS STILL SCREAMING HIGH POPS...WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS AT THIS TIME. AS FOR TEMPS...GUIDANCE IS SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER TODAY THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY...FIGURING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...WITH UPPER LOW IN E TX...THAT WIDESPREAD RAIN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED. TRENDED TEMPS SOME 2-4 DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE MORE RAINFALL WILL BE COOLER. PRELIMS ARE NEXT... FCSTID = 15 SHV 84 70 84 69 / 50 40 50 40 MLU 85 71 85 70 / 50 40 50 30 TXK 83 68 83 69 / 60 40 50 40 TYR 84 68 84 68 / 60 40 50 40 LFK 84 69 84 69 / 60 40 50 40 .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>167-161700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A CUT OFF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS SETTLED IN OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THIS SAME GENERAL AREA FOR AT LEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MEANWHILE...A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE FROM SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE ALREADY IN PLACE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...BEING MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. DUE TO THE WEAK WINDS THROUGHOUT THE LOW AND MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVING...ALLOWING VERY HEAVY RAIN TO FALL REPEATED OVER THE SAME AREAS...LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON HEATING WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE... WHICH MAY ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT DO DEVELOP FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY SPAWN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MAINLY EAST TEXAS...NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK...AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. THUS...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AS THE GROUND OVER MUCH OVER THE REGION IS NEAR SATURATION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED AND BRIEF NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
835 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0820 AM TEXARKANA TX FLASH FLOODS
06/16/03 BOWIE WATER UP TO THE BUMPERS OF
CARS IN TEXARKANA. NUMEROUS
CARS ARE STALLED IN HIGH WATER.
WATER ENCROACHING IN ON
HOMES BETWEEN 3300 BLOCK OF
TEXAS BLVD AND STATE LINE ROAD
WITH SEVERAL FAMILIES STRANDED.
REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER.
0820 AM TEXARKANA AR FLASH FLOODS
06/16/03 MILLER HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL
STREETS WITH WATER ENCROACHING IN
ON HOMES. SEVERAL FAMILIES
STRANDED. REPORT FROM EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a home along Highway 29 while another home suffered wind damage. Metal poles holding bird houses were bent in half by the strong winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2003
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: 5365342.