A large north to south band of convection, which developed along an outflow boundary emanating from dryline development much further to the west, slowly shifted east into northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma around mid afternoon. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued around 5 pm for all of southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma and portions of northeast Texas, north of interstate 20 as peak…
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A large north to south band of convection, which developed along an outflow boundary emanating from dryline development much further to the west, slowly shifted east into northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma around mid afternoon. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued around 5 pm for all of southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma and portions of northeast Texas, north of interstate 20 as peak heating with afternoon highs around 90 coincided with convective intensification. A weak stationary front stretching from near Dallas to near Little Rock may have been a contributing focus. The storms mostly produced large hail and strong damaging wind gusts across the region.
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 May 14, 4:20 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 520 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .DISCUSSION... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN EASTWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY,,,HAS CONIINUED TO INCREASE...WITH A FEW STORMS BECMG MARGINALLY SVR. WATCH ISSUED FOR NE TX/SE OK/SW AR UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STORMS MOVING DUE NORTH IN DEEP SOUTH FLOW./VII/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 68 84 67 83 67 / 50 50 40 50 40 MLU 67 86 66 83 65 / 30 50 40 50 40 DEQ 65 81 63 80 61 / 80 50 40 50 40 TXK 66 83 65 81 64 / 70 50 40 50 40 ELD 66 84 65 80 64 / 50 50 40 50 40 TYR 67 83 67 84 67 / 60 50 30 50 40 GGG 67 83 67 84 66 / 60 50 30 50 40 LFK 69 84 68 85 68 / 50 50 30 50 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1145 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-150-151-151645- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA- 1145 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 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... A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY...ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION ON SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THROUGH THE WEEKEND...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND MAY REACH UP TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. LAZ010-011-017>022-TXZ149-152-153-165>167-151645- DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL- LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- 1145 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 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 NEAR STATIONARY FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 DURING THIS TIME FRAME. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY...ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION ON SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AN OCCASIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 12
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
441 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL VALLIANT 34.00N 95.09W
05/14/2010 M0.50 INCH MCCURTAIN OK EMERGENCY MNGR
1/4 TO 1/2 INCH FELL FELL FOR 5 MINUTES.
0425 PM HAIL VALLIANT 34.00N 95.09W
05/14/2010 M0.50 INCH MCCURTAIN OK EMERGENCY MNGR
1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL FELL FOR 5 MINUTES.
&&
CWSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
449 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM HAIL VALLIANT 34.00N 95.09W
05/14/2010 M0.88 INCH MCCURTAIN OK EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND...50 MPH
WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
&&
CWSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
548 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND GST CLARKSVILLE 33.61N 95.06W
05/14/2010 E58 MPH RED RIVER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
03PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
605 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM HAIL IDABEL 33.90N 94.82W
05/14/2010 E0.75 INCH MCCURTAIN OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
03PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
607 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0607 PM HAIL IDABEL 33.90N 94.82W
05/14/2010 E1.25 INCH MCCURTAIN OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
03SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
608 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
LAZ001-002-010-011-150000-
BOSSIER-CADDO-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-
608 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN CADDO...SOUTHERN BOSSIER...DE SOTO AND
WESTERN RED RIVER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MANSFIELD AND STONEWALL...
AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.
HAIL SMALLER THAN NICKELS...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN THESE PARISHES SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THESE STORMS.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SHREVEPORT.
D. BUTTSThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement estimated wind gusts near 60 mph southeast of Foreman, Arkansas.
Trees were downed and some structural damage was reported along CR 352 north northeast of Nashville, Arkansas.
Numerous trees were downed along CR 27N and along 352 north of Bingen, Arkansas. A roof was also blown off a chicken coop near Bingen.
Hail was reported in the town of Bingen, Arkansas. Large tree limbs were also downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 220213, 220210, 220216, 220219, 220221, 220217, 220220.