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 Aug 14, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 245 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE AFTERNOON REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS SEA BREEZE INITIATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY WILL BE COMMON EACH AFTERNOON IN THE SHORT TERM. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF...WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE VIA SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS PERIOD. SOME MID TO UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO RETURN TO THE AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. RAIN CHANCES WILL STILL BE RATHER LOW...AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAIN DOMINANT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES. HOWEVER THERE IS SOME INCREASED HOPE FOR RAIN WITH WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY POSSIBLE EACH DAY THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS WEEK...EXCEPT WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. ELEVEN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 77 96 76 96 / 20 20 20 20 MLU 75 95 75 95 / 20 20 20 20 DEQ 73 93 73 93 / 20 30 20 20 TXK 76 95 75 95 / 20 20 20 20 ELD 74 95 74 95 / 10 20 20 20 TYR 77 95 77 96 / 20 20 20 20 GGG 76 95 76 96 / 20 20 20 20 LFK 76 95 76 96 / 30 20 20 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 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>167-151100- 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 SUN AUG 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE FOUR STATE REGION...AS AFTERNOON HEATING INTERACTS WITH THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN MONDAY...BUT THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...BUT SHOULD STALL JUST NORTHWEST OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA. THIS BOUNDARY...AND EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ALOFT...COULD ENHANCE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 11
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a large oak tree on Pegues Street near 4th Street. The tree split and crashed down onto a home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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