Non-severe thunderstorms produced a lightning strike which caused a fire in Bossier Parish.
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Non-severe thunderstorms produced a lightning strike which caused a fire in Bossier Parish.
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 Apr 10, 3:29 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 429 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PATTERN WILL BECOME A LITTLE SOUTHWESTERLY TODAY...AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE AS WELL...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH WILL TRY TO TAP INTO AVAILABLE MOISTURE. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN LOOKS TO BE FOCUSED ON THE EASTERN PARISHES OF LOUISIANA...MC CURTAIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS. AS THIS IS WHERE THE MODELS ARE SHOWING THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF LIFT. WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND THE OUTER FRINGES OF AN UPPER LOW THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER PLAINS TONIGHT...WILL HOLD A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN NORTH OF I30 INTO WEDNESDAY. THE EXTENDED STARTS OFF DRY FOR THURSDAY...BUT RAIN RETURNS BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FR4ONT APPROACHES THE AREA. MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SLOW THE TIMING DOWN ON THIS SYSTEM...SO RAIN IS BEGINNING TO SNEAK INTO THE FORECAST SATURDAY MORNING. SHORT TERM TEMPS ARE A MESH BETWEEN GFS AND ETA...WHILE LONG TERM IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO MEX. ELEVEN && .AVIATION... VFR CEILINGS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MVFR AREAWIDE AFTER SUNRISE AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS A DISTURBANCE PULLS OUT OF WEST TEXAS AND MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER MISS VALLEY TODAY. EXPECT SHOWERS TO BREAK OUT ACROSS THE REGION WITH TEMPO IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN AND AROUND SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT SITUATED ALONG THE TX/LA GULF COAST WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY HELPING TO LOWER CEILINGS IN ITS WAKE. ORGANIZED CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES BUT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE DISTURBANCE MOVING OUR WAY TODAY...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE BRIEF TSRA EMBEDDED IN SHOWERS. DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NE TX/ SE OK/SW AR AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS TO SHIFT AROUND TO THE NW BEHIND THIS FEATURE WITH CEILINGS BECOMING IFR AREAWIDE LATE TONIGHT. /13/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 66 60 79 53 / 40 20 10 10 MLU 63 58 78 52 / 70 50 10 10 DEQ 58 53 77 44 / 70 50 20 10 TXK 61 57 77 50 / 60 40 10 10 ELD 59 58 76 47 / 60 40 20 10 TYR 69 57 79 54 / 40 20 10 10 GGG 67 58 78 53 / 40 20 10 10 LFK 73 61 82 58 / 40 20 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-101700- 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- 600 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE A DECENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS IT RELATES TO SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS EVENT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WEATHER EVENT FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ELEVEN
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:17 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning bolt ignited a south Bossier Parish oil tank on the morning of April 10th. The bolt destroyed a tank filled with saltwater and the blast blew the top off a holding tank holding 2000 gallons of oil and water. No one was injured.
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