A shallow arctic cold front was draped across east Texas and north Louisiana just south of the Interstate 20 corridor during the late afternoon and evening of the 21st. This resulted in temperatures in the 40s north of the front across southwest Arkansas and extreme northeast Texas, while temperatures rose to the upper 60s to middle 70s south of the front across deep east Texas and north central…
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A shallow arctic cold front was draped across east Texas and north Louisiana just south of the Interstate 20 corridor during the late afternoon and evening of the 21st. This resulted in temperatures in the 40s north of the front across southwest Arkansas and extreme northeast Texas, while temperatures rose to the upper 60s to middle 70s south of the front across deep east Texas and north central Louisiana. Meanwhile, a strong shortwave trough traversed east across the Southern Plains, spreading strong shear and instability aloft along and behind the front. This resulted in the development of scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms across deep east Texas, northwest and north central Louisiana. Various reports of large hail up to the size of golfballs were received across northwest and north central Louisiana, with bands of thunderstorms training along the front across Grant and LaSalle Parishes. This resulted in extensive flash flooding from Dry Prong to Jena, with many roads flooded, and even several roads barricaded, as an estimated three to five inches of rainfall, with isolated higher amounts across southern Grant Parish, had fallen over these areas.
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 Feb 21, 2:35 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST THU FEB 21 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>167-221159- 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 CST THU FEB 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. A VERY SLOW MOVING FRONT NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL RESULT IN REPETITIVE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. TWO TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. AREAS SOUTH OF THE FRONT MAY SEE STRONG TO POSSIBLY A FEW SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN IF THE FRONT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VII
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 hail, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail covered the ground to several inches west of Georgetown. Report came from the family of a NWS employee.
Quarter sized hail covering the ground to several inches west of Tullos. The report came from the family of a NWS employee.
Hail fell in the Frierson Community.
Nickel sized hail reported in the Koran community along the Bossier parish/Webster Parish line.
Roads were flooded in Dry Prong.
Highway 84 between Jena and Tullos was barricaded due to flooding.
Highway 8 was barricaded due to flooding just west of Jena.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 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: 77399, 77400, 77337, 77338, 77339, 77343, 77355, 77358.