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 5, 1:41 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 241 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... FRONT HAS WORKED WELL INTO CWA THIS AFTERNOON. EXACT LOCATION RATHER HARD TO PINPOINT...SINCE WINDS WERE SWITCHING TO WEST AND NORTHWEST AHEAD OF FRONT. SURFACE TROF IS ALSO RATHER BROAD...BUT EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF MONROE TO AROUND CORSICANA. NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN DEWPOINTS OR TEMPS BEHIND FRONT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND BEHIND FRONT...AND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. POPS MAY BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN 20 PERCENT ALONG THE BOUNDARY FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS... BUT A 20 POP SHOULD HANDLE THE EVENING HOURS. WILL TAKE THE SLIGHT CHANCE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST...SINCE SOME DEVELOPMENT IS WELL BEHIND FRONT. NEXT FEW DAYS LOOK DRY AND VERY PLEASANT FOR EARLY AUGUST. DEWPOINTS SHOULD FALL INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 60S...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME UPPER 50S IN A FEW NORTHERN LOCATIONS. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN LOOKS LIKE TUESDAY...AS ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. HOWEVER... WILL HAVE WATCH CONVECTIVE DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COULD BRING SOME OF THIS SOUTH INTO CWA DURING THE LATE NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING HOURS. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL NEXT SEVEN DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 70 90 64 89 / 20 0 0 0 MLU 66 87 63 87 / 20 0 0 0 TXK 66 89 63 89 / 20 0 0 0 TYR 74 91 65 91 / 20 0 0 0 LFK 75 91 66 91 / 20 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT THU AUG 5 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>167-061100- 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 AUG 5 2004 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...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 THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large trees downed. One on top of a house. Trees downed on Pines Rd. near Thomas Rd.
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