Lightning hit a home in Smith County, Texas during the evening of the May 12th.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Lightning hit a home in Smith County, Texas during the evening of the May 12th.
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 May 12, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 306 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER THE ROCKIES DURING THE SHORT TERM. AS WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL HELP LIMIT MOISTURE RETURN...ALTHOUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL HOLD A DECENT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE. THIS RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SLIDE OUT OF THE ROCKIES...PASSING OVER THE THE AREA AS IT WEAKENS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. A SURFACE RIDGE OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL SLIDE DOWN THE EAST COAST...ENHANCING MORE DRY WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM BEFORE IT MOVES FURTHER OVER THE ATLANTIC. MODELS THEN INCREASE POPS AS WE MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...AS A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE PLAINS APPROACHES. GFS TAKES THE FRONT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE AREA BY THURSDAY...SETTING UP A NICE END TO THE WEEK. PM 20S WILL LINGER IN THE SHORT TERM FORECAST...TO RESPECT COMBINATION OF HEATING...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND BOUNDARIES. HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN LOOKS TO BE WITH THE MID WEEK FRONT. WARMING TREND CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH 90S POSSIBLE. ELEVEN && .AVIATION... DESPITE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AND SOLID DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY NEAR AR/LA LINE...RIDGING FROM THE WEST AND WARMING TREND ALOFT APPEAR TO HAVE LIMITED CONVECTION TO A FEW TOWERING CU. 90 DEGREE TEMPS COULD COMPENSATE FOR THIS...BUT HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED ANYWHERE. LIMITED FOG DEVELOPED LATE LAST NIGHT...BUT MODELS HITTING IT A LITTLE HARDER IN ELD...MLU...AND ESPECIALLY LFK. CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL DEFINITELY PLAY SUPPORTING ROLES. WITHOUT CONVECTION...NO ENHANCED ASSISTANCE FROM WET GROUND. /VII/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 67 89 65 89 / 20 20 20 10 MLU 67 90 63 88 / 20 20 20 10 DEQ 63 87 61 86 / 20 20 20 10 TXK 66 87 64 87 / 20 20 20 10 ELD 65 89 62 88 / 20 20 20 10 TYR 66 86 66 87 / 20 20 20 20 GGG 66 87 66 87 / 20 20 20 20 LFK 66 90 65 89 / 20 20 20 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 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>167-131100- 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 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN OCCUR OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION. A COUPLE OF THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 11
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home in Tyler, Texas blasting away part of the homes siding and catching the attic on fire. The home was at least a 50 percent loss. There were no injuries.
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