1 hail, 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 May 20, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 245 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2003 SEASONALLY STRONG COLD FRONT PASSING THRU REGION TODAY. POPCORN LOOKING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS GENERAL FRONTAL ZONE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LINGER TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY FOR PART OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THEREAFTER...BOUNDARY WILL ACCELERATE SOUTHWARD AS NW FLOW ALOFT INCREASES IN RESPONSE TO DESERT SW RIDGE BUILDING NORTHWARD THRU ROCKIES. BY FRIDAY...UPPER LOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER GREAT LAKES...LOCKING IN THE NW FLOW PATTERN THRU HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW NOT BACK TIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND...AND THEN SEE INCREASING CHANCES OF CONVECTION. FORTUNATELY...THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE FOR NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. VII SHV 63/78/58/80 3200 MLU 63/77/57/79 3200 TXK 60/76/55/79 2200 TYR 61/77/57/80 3200 LFK 64/80/58/82 3200 .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>167-211100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 116 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE REGION FROM THE WEST. AIRMASS WILL REMAIN QUITE STABLE DUE TO A SEASONALLY STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH IS ALREADY PASSING THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE...NO SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WRAPPING AROUND AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND SOUTH TEXAS...MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hailstones ranging from dime size to baseball size fell producing thousands of dollares in damage to automobiles according to the Emergency Manager.
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