Severe thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary in a moist and unstable airmass. As the storms moved from eastern Texas into western Louisiana, reports of large hail and damaging downburst winds were received.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary in a moist and unstable airmass. As the storms moved from eastern Texas into western Louisiana, reports of large hail and damaging downburst winds were received.
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 5, 4:27 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 527 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 .DISCUSSION... SVR TSTM WATCH ISSSUED FOR CLUSTERS OF INTENSE TSTMS...MOVING EASTWARD ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NEAR INTERSTATE 20. WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR NE TX...NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF THIS INTERSTATE...AND CATCHING NW LA AS STORM MAY CROSS TX STATE LINE BEFORE SUNSET. DO NOT EXPECT SVR AFTER SUNSET...AS INTENSITY APPEARS DEPENDENT ON BOUNDARY AND MERGER INTERACTIONS./VII/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 74 92 71 95 72 / 60 30 20 20 10 MLU 73 90 70 93 70 / 60 40 20 20 10 DEQ 70 90 65 94 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 TXK 70 89 67 93 71 / 40 10 10 10 10 ELD 71 90 67 94 68 / 50 20 10 10 10 TYR 73 91 71 94 73 / 60 30 20 20 10 GGG 73 91 69 94 71 / 60 30 20 20 10 LFK 74 91 72 94 72 / 60 30 20 30 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1223 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-138-061730- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD- UPSHUR-MARION-HARRISON- 1223 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL TO THE NORTH AND MAY TRIGGER SOME MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS VERY LOW DUE TO THE STABILIZING EFFECT OF THIS MORNINGS RAINFALL AND REMAINING CLOUD COVERAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ136-137-149>153-165>167-061730- LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SMITH-GREGG-CHEROKEE- RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1223 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 AND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 AND FOR ALL OF DEEP EAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT IS WELL TO THE NORTH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT COULD MOVE TO ALONG I-20 BY SUNSET. LOOK FOR MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP INTO THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW...BUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF I-20 AND MAY TRIGGER MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK. HOWEVER...BY MIDWEEK THE FRONT WILL HAVE WASHED OUT...AND THE HEAT WILL AGAIN BUILD OVER THE AREA. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER DURING THIS TIME IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 24
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Cherokee county Sheriff's office reported trees blown down in several locations in the eastern portion of the county.
Hail was reported in the Garrison community.
A tree was downed blocking part of Hwy. 84 just outside of Joaquin, Texas.
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