Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of northeast Texas during the late evening hours of July 26th. These storms developed along outflow boundaries from convection earlier in the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of northeast Texas during the late evening hours of July 26th. These storms developed along outflow boundaries from convection earlier in the afternoon. The storms produced mostly strong wind gusts.
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 26, 8:03 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 903 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009 .DISCUSSION... LOOKS LIKE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT FOR THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WITH THE ON GOING RAINFALL IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE CWA AND EXPECTED REDEVELPOMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT AREA WIDE...THINK THE POPS SHOULD REMAIN AS IS. NOT PLANNING ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. VCTS CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY DAYBREAK ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY FOLLOWED BY INCREASED CONVECTION ACROSS ALL AREA TERMINALS BY 18Z. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE TERMINAL FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT MAY BRING A WIND SHIFT FOR TXK TOWARD 00Z TUESDAY. /05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 84 75 83 75 / 60 70 70 70 70 MLU 74 84 74 83 74 / 60 70 70 70 70 DEQ 73 83 71 81 71 / 60 70 70 70 70 TXK 73 83 72 81 72 / 60 70 70 70 70 ELD 73 83 72 81 73 / 60 70 70 70 70 TYR 76 84 75 85 75 / 60 70 70 70 70 GGG 76 84 75 85 75 / 60 70 70 70 70 LFK 76 87 75 87 75 / 50 60 70 70 70 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1039 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-271100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS- 1039 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTH TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE MOVING PARALLEL TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEK COULD TOTAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES WHICH MEANS A FLOOD THREAT COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOOD CONCERNS...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED IF AND WHEN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOPS THROUGH TONIGHT. ARZ072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 165>167-271100- 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-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION- SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY- ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1039 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. WITH THE STORMS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THESE REGIONS LATER TODAY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ALONG WITH THE WIND THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST NORTH OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE MOVING PARALLEL TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEK COULD TOTAL THREE TO SIX INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THEREFORE...A FLOOD THREAT COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOOD CONCERNS...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
738 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009
ARZ050-051-270145-
HOWARD-SEVIER-
738 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SEVIER AND HOWARD...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ATHENS...GILLHAM AND UMPIRE...
AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICKES...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF UMPIRE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1049 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009
TXZ124-136-270430-
SMITH-WOOD-
1049 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD AND SMITH...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GOLDEN...HAINESVILLE...HOARD...LINDALE...MINEOLA...PLEASANT
GROVE...QUITMAN AND TYLER...
AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE STRONGEST CONVECTION 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GRAND SALINE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF MINEOLA...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
05The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local Fire Department in Quitman reported a tree downed across FM 182 near Lake Fork Dam.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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