Isolated severe thunderstorms developed near the deep east Texas lake country and produced strong and damaging wind gusts. These storms were diurnally driven and dissipated quickly after sunset.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed near the deep east Texas lake country and produced strong and damaging wind gusts. These storms were diurnally driven and dissipated quickly after sunset.
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 Jul 18, 9:12 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1012 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWS THE COLD FRONT IS STRETCHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND SOME OF WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. THE AREA IS MAINLY FREE OF ANY CONVECTION THIS MORNING WITH ONLY A FEW VERY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS SEEN OVER THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE AREA. BUT EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THIS AREA AS HEATING OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WE ARE SEEING DRIER AIR CREEP IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWFA SHOULD REMAIN DRY TODAY AS A RESULT. SO THE FORECAST FOR POPS AND WEATHER LOOKS REASONABLE FOR TODAY AND DO NOT SEE THE NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE ON TRACK TO SEE HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOWER 90S...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH POSSIBLY REMAINING IN THE UPPER 80S THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL THE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK THIS MORNING AND DO NOT PLAN TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS TIME. /22/ && .AVIATION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ALONG THE I20 CORRIDOR TODAY...AND WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL KEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS IN VICINITY OF THIS FRONT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...HOWEVER ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY MAY VISIT AN I20 TERMINAL OR LFK THIS AFTERNOON. MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN. THE OVERALL PACKAGE WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT...USING TEMPO GROUPS WITH RESTRICTION OCCURRENCES ASSOCIATED WITH TSRA. /11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 91 64 91 68 92 / 10 10 30 10 10 MLU 89 62 88 65 92 / 10 10 20 10 10 DEQ 90 63 91 63 92 / 10 10 20 10 10 TXK 90 64 91 66 92 / 10 10 20 10 10 ELD 89 61 89 63 91 / 10 10 10 10 10 TYR 92 66 90 68 92 / 20 30 30 10 20 GGG 91 64 90 66 92 / 20 30 30 10 10 LFK 92 67 92 68 92 / 20 30 30 10 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1145 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-011>014-019-021-OKZ077- TXZ097-112-191645- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-WINN-CALDWELL- MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-CASS- 1145 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...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. LAZ010-017-018-020-022-TXZ096-108>111-124>126-136>138-149>153- 165>167-191645- DE SOTO-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-GRANT-LA SALLE-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN- TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- 1145 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A STALLED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION COMBINED WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY. ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUALS STORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1153 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009
TXZ150-151-153-181800-
PANOLA-RUSK-SHELBY-
1153 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RUSK AND PANOLA...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SHELBY...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BECKVILLE...CARTHAGE...HENDERSON...MINDEN AND PINEHILL...
AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BECKVILLE...OR 10 MILES
WEST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PARKERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
147 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009
TXZ152-166-181930-
NACOGDOCHES-SAN AUGUSTINE-
147 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES AND SAN AUGUSTINE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MACUNE...
AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MACUNE...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NACOGDOCHES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed near Hemphill, Texas on Hwy. 87 and near Pineland on Hwy. 96 south.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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