An area of low pressure was exiting the area on the morning of October 20th. Sufficient low level moisture was in place overnight to allow a couple severe thunderstorms to develop across northwest Louisiana in the early morning hours.
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The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
An area of low pressure was exiting the area on the morning of October 20th. Sufficient low level moisture was in place overnight to allow a couple severe thunderstorms to develop across northwest Louisiana in the early morning hours.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered trees were downed across the area with some power outages reported.
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