Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

.DISCUSSION...

AN ALREADY BAD DAY WAS MADE EVEN WORSE...SQUALL LINE ENTERING THE WESTERN
FRINGES OF THE CWA AND WE ARE BLIND AS A BAT AS THE KSHV RADAR WILL REMAIN
DOWN UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.  AND NONE OF THE PROGS DO NOT HINT MUCH AT
THE CURRENT CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS E TX.  BUT WILL MAKE A GUESS BASED ON
CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS.  BELIEVE CURRENT CONVECTION WILL BACKBUILD S
ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOWER E TX ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS ALONG/S OF THE
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NEAR TYR...TO JUST S OF SHV...TO
IER AND CENTRAL MS.  SINCE MOS IS CLUELESS WITH THE CURRENT SCENARIO...WILL
PLACE HIGH CHANCE POPS WITH SVR WORDING OVER E TX...TAPERING TO SLIGHT
CHANCE OVER SW AR/NW LA.  COMPLEX SHOULD WEAKEN ON THE NORTHERN FRINGES AS
IT ENCOUNTERS MORE OF A STABLE/DRIER AIR MASS...BUT BLOWOFF WILL REMAIN
PERSISTENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING BEFORE SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR.
THUS...THIS MAY THROW OFF TEMPS SOME TONIGHT AS I WAS ORGINALLY EXPECTING
LESS CLOUD COVER FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING.  MCS COLD POOL SHOULD
REINFORCE THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY...THUS SHOVING IT S
OF THE AREA BY MORNING.

NEXT COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THIS
NEXT BOUNDARY WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE DIFFUSE AS IT APPROACHES THE
BOUNDARY TO THE S.  LEFT IN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SE OK/E TX...BUT TOOK
POPS OUT A LITTLE FARTHER E AS MEAN RH/PW/S WILL REMAIN LOW.  MODELS HINT
AT OUR NEXT MCS DEVELOPING ACROSS E CO THURSDAY EVENING...TRACKING SE
INTO THE TX PANHANDLE FRIDAY MORNING...AND INTO N TX BY AFTERNOON.  BY
THIS TIME...OUR NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD PULL UP STATIONARY SOMEWHERE
ACROSS E TX/N LA...AS WESTERLY FLOW BECOMES MORE DOMINANT WITH THE UPPER
RIDGE WEAKENING AND SHIFTING W AWAY FROM THE AREA.  HOWEVER...CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN WEAK...AND WEAK OVERRUNNING DOESN/T COMMENCE
UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY IN TIME AS THE ENTRACE REGION OF THE UPPER
JET COMES INTO PLAY.  WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT MID RANGE CHANCE POPS OVER THE
WEEKEND...GIVEN INCREASING PW/S TO NEAR 1.75.  GFS APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING
FROM FEEDBACK PROBLEMS OVER THE WEEKEND AGAIN...BUT GIVEN PRESCENCE OF THE
BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA...FEEL THAT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL GET A DESCENT SHOT
AT SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL.  WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS THE 12Z GFS WANTS TO BRING ANOTHER SHARP SHORTWAVE ACROSS
OK/AR MONDAY...WITH YET ANOTHER LATE SPRING FRONT TRYING TO PUSH S INTO
THE REGION.  LOOKS LIKE NW FLOW WILL BE REESTABLISHED BY MIDDWEEK AHEAD
OF THE NEXT BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE W...THUS THE RETURN TO VERY WARM/DRY
CONDITIONS.

PRELIMS ARE NEXT...

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  64  86  63  85 /  20  10  20  30
MLU  60  85  61  86 /   0   0  10  20
DEQ  59  81  61  81 /  20  20  30  30
TXK  62  83  62  82 /  20  10  20  30
ELD  58  84  60  83 /   0   0  20  20
TYR  67  86  64  83 /  50  20  20  30
GGG  66  86  63  85 /  50  20  20  30
LFK  68  89  65  87 /  50  20  20  30

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 25 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>167-261100-
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 WED MAY 25 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG A STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM LOWER EAST TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. AN ADDITIONAL CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTH
TEXAS NORTH OF THE DFW METROPLEX...COULD ALSO AFFECT THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS WELL. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THESE AREAS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. ELSEWHERE...ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS AS IF
A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL WILL COME AS EARLY
AS FRIDAY EVENING INTO MUCH OF THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AS THE UPPER
RIDGE IN PLACE THAT HAS PROVIDED THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...BEGINS
TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT OFF TO THE WEST...ALLOWING SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION ATOP ANOTHER COLD
FRONT THAT WILL PULL UP STATIONARY. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS EAST
TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
332 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     TSTM WND GST     ALBA                    32.79N 95.64W
05/25/2005  60 MPH           WOOD               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SO DEPUTIES REPORT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

&&

LH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
405 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0324 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S LINDALE             32.45N 95.41W
05/25/2005                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE.

0328 PM     TSTM WND GST     TYLER                   32.33N 95.30W
05/25/2005  55 MPH           SMITH              TX   ASOS

            TYR ASOS REPORTED 48 KT GUST AT 328 PM...55 MPH.

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