1 tornado, 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 Apr 29, 9:45 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1045 AM CDT THU APR 29 2004 .DISCUSSION... VORTICITY MAX MOVING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA HAS PRODUCED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END ACROSS THE TYR AND GGG LOCATIONS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT SHOULD CONTINUE FOR SHV UNTIL MID AFTERNOON...AND PROBABLY MOST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF EAST TEXAS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE AREA...HAVE LOWERED POPS TO ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE...AS THE DISTURBANCE IS MOVING AWAY...BUT HEATING COULD ALLOW FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE LOWERED HIGHS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AS RAIN AND CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH. ACROSS EAST TEXAS...RAIN SHOULD END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP. WILL ALSO UPDATE TO PUT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS...INCLUDING THE TXK AREA. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 65 81 65 / 60 10 20 20 MLU 77 64 81 65 / 30 10 20 20 TXK 70 65 81 65 / 70 20 20 20 TYR 76 66 80 66 / 30 0 20 30 LFK 78 66 82 66 / 20 0 20 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301100- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...FURTHER EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...DAYTIME HEATING...COMBINED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COULD ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS FRIDAY. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT...IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT...AND PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:49 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Along the path of the tornado, 6 homes received minor to moderate damage from falling trees and roof damage. A roof was also peeled off a church. Numerous trees were snapped off and blown down as well.
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