1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 2:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 330 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2003 WEAK BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE A TAD SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...DEW POINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 70S...WHILE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY DEW POINTS FALL THROUGH THE 60S. ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUE NEAR THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS NACOGDOCHES AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN TX. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE TODAY...OR ACTUALLY MOVE BACK A BIT NORTHWARD...BEFORE IT WASHES OUT LATER TONIGHT. WILL HAVE SLIGHT POPS FOR EAST TEXAS LAKES REGION AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR ACTIVITY NEAR THE FRONT...WITH SILENT 10S ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR IN E TX AND NW LA. WITH MORE SUNSHINE TODAY...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS...BUT AT LEAST THE HUMIDITY WILL BE MORE TOLERABLE...THAN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SOME RETURN FLOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS E TX...BUT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN AREAWIDE ON FRIDAY...BUT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE SCARCE. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE EAST DEPARTS...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH/ SHEAR AXIS DEVELOPS. MEAN RH INCREASES ON SATURDAY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF...AND WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THAT AREA. WILL KEEP THE EXTENDED THE SAME...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION FOR NEXT WEEK...WITH A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME AIRMASS IN PLACE AND FOR NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING...AS ANOTHER TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG ACROSS THE EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. 22 PRELIMS... SHV 93/69/94/72 1000 MLU 91/67/91/70 0010 TXK 94/70/95/72 0000 TYR 93/71/95/72 1000 LFK 92/70/94/72 2110 .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>167-241700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The storm that rolled through Robeline during the early morning hours produced lightning strikes that damaged phones, satellite and other electrical appliances. Two cows were also killed by the lightning. No monetary estimates were available.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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