Early afternoon thunderstorms developed in a very unstable airmass across northern Louisiana on the afternoon of September 13th. These thunderstorms produced a lightning strike which struck a home in Ouachita Parish.
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Early afternoon thunderstorms developed in a very unstable airmass across northern Louisiana on the afternoon of September 13th. These thunderstorms produced a lightning strike which struck a home in Ouachita 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 Sep 13, 9:22 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1022 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009 .DISCUSSION... RAINFALL ACROSS THE CWA HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING AS SOME DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE SOME MORE CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES TO BRING MOISTURE NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...THE TIMING ON THIS TEMPORARY BREAK WILL ALLOW AN OPPURTUNITY TO CANCEL THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH...WHICH WAS VALID UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...IT WOULD BE TONIGHT...SO WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS TIME PERIOD ON THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE. IF ANOTHER WATCH IS ISSUED FOR TONIGHT...IT WOULD ONLY INCLUDE THE NORTHERN ONE THIRD OF THE CWA...THE AREA WHERE THE MOST RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... MUCH OF THE AREA IS SEEING A BREAK FROM THE MEASURABLE RAINFALL...BUT STILL FOG AND DZ KEEPING LIFR/IFR. EXPECT NO BETTER THAN MVFR TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS TAPPING THE TROPICAL MOISTURE OUT OVER THE GULF AND SWINGING IN TSTMS TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. AS CIGS CONTINUE TO LIFT THIS AM...A FEW BREAKS MAY ADD LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY TO THE MIX AND CROP SOME AREAS OF TSTMS BY LUNCH AND ANYTIME DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR THAT MATTER...LOOK FOR VCTS IN THE NEXT CYCLE WITH AMENDMENTS AS NECESSARY...UNLESS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. LOOKING FOR MORE SOUP OVERNIGHT WITH LIFR/IFR AFTER SUNDOWN. /24/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 81 68 82 68 83 / 70 70 70 60 30 MLU 82 70 83 69 85 / 70 70 70 60 50 DEQ 77 65 78 66 81 / 70 70 70 40 50 TXK 79 66 79 67 82 / 70 70 70 40 30 ELD 81 68 82 68 84 / 70 70 70 60 50 TYR 79 66 79 65 82 / 70 70 40 30 30 GGG 80 67 80 66 82 / 70 70 40 30 30 LFK 83 68 83 66 84 / 70 70 50 40 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1122 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141630- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1122 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The fire department reported that a home in West Monroe caught fire from a lightning strike. No injuries were reported.
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