An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in Shelby County Texas on August 29th during the afternoon. These storms produced strong damaging wind gusts due to their high bases and produce some wind damage in the town of Center, Texas.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in Shelby County Texas on August 29th during the afternoon. These storms produced strong damaging wind gusts due to their high bases and produce some wind damage in the town of Center, Texas.
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 Aug 29, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 330 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2009 .DISCUSSION... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOTTING THE SCOPE THIS AFTERNOON...MOSTLY IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BUT ALSO AHEAD OF THE ELEVATED BOUNDARY A LITTLE FURTHER WEST INTO NE TX AND SW AR. BOUNDARY HAS NOT MOVED AT ALL TODAY AND WHILE IT SHOULD MOVE A LITTLE OVERNIGHT...EXPECT IT TO GET FORCED SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WITH THE AID OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT ANALYZED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AT THIS TIME. CURRENT CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME REGENERATION OVERNIGHT ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES. PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWED MOS GUIDANCE CONCERNING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS OUR EXTREME EASTERN ZONES FOR SUNDAY. MUCH DRIER AIR BACKDOORS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH QUITE A COOL DOWN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEDIUM RANGE PROGS IN AGREEMENT WITH A BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT TO OUR WEST WHICH WILL KEEP THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IN A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR DISTURBANCES DROPPING SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE REGION FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SUGGEST SUCH FEATURES BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY AND THUS I HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO OUR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST ZONES FOR WED/WED NIGHT AND EXPANDED THIS WORDING FURTHER FOR THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY APPROACH US FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY TO ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES BUT I HAVE MY DOUBTS ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS FEATURE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN PUSH THROUGH THE REGION NEXT WEEKEND. PRELIMS TO FOLLOW...13. && .AVIATION... && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 68 90 66 87 63 / 20 10 10 0 0 MLU 67 90 63 87 60 / 30 30 20 0 0 DEQ 62 87 56 85 56 / 10 10 10 0 0 TXK 66 86 62 84 59 / 10 10 10 0 0 ELD 65 87 62 86 57 / 20 20 10 0 0 TYR 67 90 66 87 65 / 10 10 10 0 0 GGG 66 89 63 87 62 / 10 10 10 0 0 LFK 68 92 67 89 64 / 20 20 10 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13/04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1149 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-108-109-301100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN-TITUS- 1149 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ARZ060-061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ097-110>112- 124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301100- 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-BOWIE-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1149 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 13
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were downed on a house and car in town and the winds ripped railroad crossing signs down.
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