1 thunderstorm wind, 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 9, 8:51 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 951 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR NEW WATCH. BOWING LINE IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY HAS HELPED TO ACCELERATE THE EARLIER ESTIMATED LINE MOVEMENT. RAISED POPS IN MCCURTAIN TO LIKELY...BUMPED UP QPF GRIDS UP NW. I DROPPED MENTION OF POPS IN LA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR IMPROVED WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 71 88 58 79 / 40 40 10 0 MLU 71 88 61 79 / 50 50 20 0 DEQ 66 82 48 76 / 50 50 10 0 TXK 70 84 54 76 / 50 40 10 0 ELD 70 87 54 79 / 50 50 20 0 TYR 70 84 56 78 / 30 30 10 0 GGG 70 85 57 78 / 30 30 10 0 LFK 71 89 61 82 / 30 30 20 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-101100- 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 TUE MAY 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA AND A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCURRING WITH A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY EAST OF THE COLD FRONT. BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO NORTH LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE WEEKEND FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO MID DAY ON SUNDAY WITH A STORM COMPLEX EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. 06
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees downed across the area with roads blocked.
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