1 tornado, 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 May 28, 2:10 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 310 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005 .DISCUSSION... SWIRLING RAIN AREA OVER TEXAS HAS COME INTO THE AREA. A SECOND BAND IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE OVER I 35 IN CENTRAL TEXAS. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE NW TO NORTH...AND THEN NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF AREA TONIGHT. LIKELY POPS FOR I 20 CORRIDOR BUT LOWER THAN GUIDANCE. NOT SURE IF THE BAND OVER THE AREA IS THE BRUNT OF THE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT 18 HOURS...OR IF SECOND BAND WILL MOVE INTO TYR AND ULTIMATELY SHV AGAIN. HOWEVER MODELS INDICATE AN AXIS OF RAIN ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY FROM SE OK TO MLU...SO POPS SEEM TO BE SURER BET IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT. WILL ONLY GO WITH CHANCE FOR LFK TONIGHT...MODELS AGREE WITH 50 PCT POPS. MAY BE TOO HIGH FOR THEM...WE/LL SEE HOW THINGS EVOLVE THIS EVENING NW OF HOUSTON. RAIN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FROM THE IDABEL TO MLU LINE. HOPEFULLY GROUND CAN SUCK IT UP WITHOUT INCIDENT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE AREA WIDE TOMORROW...WORDED IN ZONES. OTHERWISE WE ARE DEALING WITH A SOUPY MIX OF HUMIDITY AND DIFFUSE DISTURBANCES MEANDERING HITHER AND YONDER. POPS EITHER SIDE OF 50 PERCENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR PERIODS...GRADUALLY EASING UP AS WE PROGRESS TOWARD MID WEEK WITH ONLY CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. BUT NONETHELESS...POPS VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS ALL PERIODS... A GOOD SIGN THAT GRASS WILL BE GREENING UP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 67 83 68 82 / 60 60 50 50 MLU 66 82 69 82 / 70 60 50 60 DEQ 64 77 66 80 / 80 70 60 50 TXK 67 78 67 81 / 70 70 60 50 ELD 66 79 67 81 / 70 70 60 60 TYR 67 80 68 82 / 60 60 50 50 GGG 67 82 68 82 / 60 60 50 50 LFK 69 86 69 83 / 50 50 50 50 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 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>167-291100- 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 SAT MAY 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO OKLAHOMA...LOUISIANA...AND ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE FOUR STATE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS ON SUNDAY COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
NWS Survey concluded that the path was intermittent and consisted of downed trees or trees snapped off from 14 miles south of Huntington to 5 miles southwest of Zavalla. There was no damage to structures or buildings near the path.
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