A northward returning warm front across northeast Texas into southwest Arkansas produced scattered severe thunderstorms across the region. temperatures aloft were cold enough such that large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds gusts were the result.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A northward returning warm front across northeast Texas into southwest Arkansas produced scattered severe thunderstorms across the region. With the aid of an upper level disturbance aloft...temperatures aloft were cold enough such that large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds gusts were the result. Thunderstorms trained across the same general area resulting in flash flooding as well.
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 Mar 29, 8:38 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 938 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 .DISCUSSION... DEEP CONVECTION MOVED INTO EAST TX DURING THE EVENING. WARM FRONT EAST TO WEST...JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. CONVECTION MAY JUMP OVER WARM FRONT WITH DECENT 850 SOUTH FLOW 25 TO 30 KTS...BUT WITH MUCH LESS INSTABILITY CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN. COOL AIR NORTH OF FRONT NEARING DEWPOINTS. THUS...WILL GO SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH ISOLATED TSTMS...AND PATCHY FOG...NORTH OF FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTH OF FRONT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MADE SEVERAL OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO GRIDS...INCLUDING TEMPERATURES. /VII/ && .AVIATION... TSTMS NE TX...NW LA...EXTREME SW AR NEXT FEW HOURS. LOW CIGS...VIS...ADN STG WINDS PSBL AT TYR...GGG...SHV SITES. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP NORTH OF WARM FRONT...MAINLY TXK...ELD SITES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 65 79 63 78 / 40 30 20 60 MLU 66 81 61 81 / 30 30 20 40 DEQ 51 78 61 73 / 30 30 20 70 TXK 56 79 63 77 / 30 30 20 70 ELD 57 82 61 79 / 30 30 20 60 TYR 63 78 66 76 / 40 30 20 70 GGG 65 78 64 76 / 40 30 20 70 LFK 68 78 66 78 / 40 30 20 50 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 714 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301100- 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- 714 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR RENEWED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF ONGOING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...BY AROUND SUNSET...AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA...BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS...MAINLY IN EAST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. HOWEVER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY MIDDAY MONDAY... AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THEY ENTER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THUS ENDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRAVERSE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY...WHICH COULD BRING ANOTHER THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. VII
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1011 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0944 PM FLASH FLOOD LONGVIEW 32.52N 94.76W
03/29/2008 GREGG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
HIGH WATER AT LOOP 281 AND I-20
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POPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1014 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0941 PM FLASH FLOOD LONGVIEW 32.52N 94.76W
03/29/2008 GREGG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE FOOT OF WATER ON ROAD AT HWY 80 AND GREEN ST.
&&
POPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1022 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM HAIL 6 SE TYLER 32.27N 95.23W
03/29/2008 E1.75 INCH SMITH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF CHAPEL HILL
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12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1024 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM HAIL 9 SE TYLER 32.24N 95.19W
03/29/2008 E0.25 INCH SMITH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN THE COMMUNITY OF CHAPEL HILL...REPORTED TO SMITH CO
911 CENTER BY VFD
&&
12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1125 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM HAIL 5 NW JEFFERSON 32.81N 94.41W
03/29/2008 E0.75 INCH MARION TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED HAIL COVERING THE ROAD
1038 PM HAIL NNW WINFIELD 33.17N 95.11W
03/29/2008 E0.75 INCH TITUS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
1059 PM HAIL WNW LINDEN 33.01N 94.37W
03/29/2008 E0.75 INCH CASS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
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D. BUTTSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1132 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM HAIL 4 NNE EAST MOUNTAIN 32.65N 94.84W
03/29/2008 E0.75 INCH UPSHUR TX TRAINED SPOTTER
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D. BUTTSThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:49 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail fell in downtown Texarkana near the intersection of U.S. 67 and U.S. 82.
Hail fell on the north side of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 87505, 87513.