On April 7th, beginning around noon, thunderstorms producing pea sized hail developed along a line from DeQueen, Arkansas to Tyler, Texas. This convection was aligned along a cold front moving east across the region.
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On April 7th, beginning around noon, thunderstorms producing pea sized hail developed along a line from DeQueen, Arkansas to Tyler, Texas. This convection was aligned along a cold front moving east across the region. Reports of wind gusts at Texarkana around 300 pm were as high as 49 knots. Most of the convection began initiating as a shortwave trough intercepted the cold front. These two factors combined with surface |dewpoint values in the 60s, resulted in moderate instability across the region and temperatures were cold enough aloft for the development of hail.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A home on Devereaux Street in the Colony Subdivision off of Benton Road was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.
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