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 4, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 315 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 .DISCUSSION... WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO POP UP ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE A FABORABLE LOW LEVEL THETAE AXIS EXISTS ALONG WITH HIGHER PRECIPITABLE WATER. SOME DRIER AIR OBSERVED ON VIS SATELLITE AND THE LACK OF CUMULUS NOTED ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST ZONES THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEAK NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE EAST HALF TONIGHT BUT COVERAGE ONLY WARRANTING SLIGHT CHANCE. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AREAWIDE AS UPPER LEVEL CUTOFF SYSTEM ACROSS THE NE GULF COAST RETROGRADES WESTWARD TOWARDS THE REGION. GFS IS PROBABLY TOO QUICK TO DISSIPATE THIS SYSTEM WITH A DEEPENING TROUGH AXIS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. STILL IT APPEARS THAT PERHAPS MONDAY WILL BE OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE FORECAST WITH GOOD MOISTURE IN PLACE. BEYOND EARLY NEXT WEEK...RAIN CHANCES LOOKING SLIM AS UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED TO BUILD WESTWARD FROM THE EAST COAST INTO THE GULF. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 97 75 96 / 20 20 20 20 MLU 72 94 72 93 / 10 20 20 20 DEQ 70 97 71 96 / 20 20 20 20 TXK 73 97 73 96 / 20 20 20 20 ELD 72 96 72 95 / 10 20 20 20 TYR 73 96 73 96 / 20 20 20 20 GGG 73 96 73 96 / 20 20 20 20 LFK 73 96 73 96 / 20 20 20 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT THU AUG 4 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>167-051100- 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 4 2005 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 INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 13
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
409 PM CDT THU AUG 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG WINONA 32.49N 95.17W
08/04/2005 SMITH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR WINONA
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITEHOUSE 32.23N 95.22W
08/04/2005 SMITH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR WHITEHOUSE
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15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning stuck powerlines in two locations...setting the adjacent trees and grassy surfaces on fire. One fire occurred on the northeast side of the city near the loop...and the second fire occurred on the southeast side of the city near Woden Rd.
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