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 Feb 23, 10:35 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1035 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 .DISCUSSION... MCV PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. BACK EDGE HAS CLEARED SE OK...AND INTO THE EXTREME NE TIER OF TX COUNTIES... EXCEPT STILL REMAINING OVER EAST TX LAKES. BOW ECHOES SLIDING EAST OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS COMPLEX. SOME HEATING COULD INTENSIFY THESE STORMS TO NEAR SEVERE LIMITS BY MIDDAY...BUT FRONTAL PROXIMITY ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER OF CWA COULD MAKE THIS DIFFICULT. HOWEVER.... DEEP SW FLOW EXISTING ON WINNFIELD PROFILER TO THE EAST...COMPARED TO SLIGHT NORTH COMPONENT ON WESTERLY FLOW AT PALESTINE TO THE WEST. THUS...FRONT MAY HANG UP OVER A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHCENTRAL LA. THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE WATCHED FOR EARLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...WILL WORD FORECAST TO REFLECT A DIMINISHING OF RAIN FROM THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL PROBABLY NOT LOSE THE CLOUDS. ANOTHER INCREASING SHORT WAVE STILL ON TAP FOR TONIGHT. LEAVE IN THUNDER FOR AREAS WHERE RAIN STILL FALLING...INCLUDING SW AR... WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES OCCURRING WELL BACK INTO COLDER AIR. WILL ALSO NEED TO LOWER SOME AFTERNOON TEMPS SLIGHTLY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 56 45 51 40 / 70 40 40 20 MLU 56 43 51 39 / 90 60 40 20 DEQ 50 40 48 34 / 20 30 30 10 TXK 51 40 48 36 / 40 30 30 10 ELD 52 40 47 34 / 100 30 30 10 TYR 59 46 53 40 / 20 50 40 20 GGG 58 46 52 40 / 20 50 40 20 LFK 66 50 54 42 / 50 60 50 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && VII
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-231800- 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- 600 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY IS LOCATED. ANOTHER CONCERN...WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FLASH FLOODING TODAY...AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...COULD BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
711 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HAIL WILTON 33.74N 94.15W
02/23/2005 0.75 INCH LITTLE RIVER AR PUBLIC
CAR IN DITCH DUE TO HAIL COVERING THE ROADWAY.
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22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
743 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 AM HAIL FOREMAN 33.72N 94.40W
02/23/2005 0.88 INCH LITTLE RIVER AR PUBLIC
HAIL BROKE OUT A WINDSHIELD.
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22The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:17 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning stuck a home in the town of Cullen just south of Springhill. The lightning strike caused a house fire. One man was trapped inside but was removed without injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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