Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northeast Texas during the afternoon and evening hours of September 11th. These storms developed under a moderately unstable airmass.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northeast Texas during the afternoon and evening hours of September 11th. These storms developed under a moderately unstable airmass. Once the storms collapsed, strong and damaging wind gusts occurred.
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 Sep 11, 1:40 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 240 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS THE COLD FRONT IS NOW LOCATED FROM WESTERN KY AND TN THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND INTO SOUTHEAST OK AND NORTH CENTRAL TX. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DRIER AIR MOVING TOWARD THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING AS IT GRADUALLY SHIFTS SOUTH FURTHER INTO THE CWFA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...AND SINK INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA BY SUNDAY. ALL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO END OVER THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE CWFA SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT FROM TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS TO THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL ALSO ASSIST IN KEEPING THE FOUR STATE REGION DRY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. BY THURSDAY THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST OF THE CWFA AS IT SITS OVER THE EAST COAST STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO PICK BACK UP OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION...GIVING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RAIN CHANCES TO BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE GREATER RAIN CHANCES WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY...ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE FOUR STATE REGION...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA FOR FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. OVERALL HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO GUI FOR POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD AS TIMING IS STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN. TEMPERATURES THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL BRING HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND POSSIBLY MID 90S. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST FEW NIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S NORTH TO THE LOWER 70S SOUTH. OVERALL HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO GUI VALUES FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. /22/ && .AVIATION... MOSTLY VFR THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF A FSM TO SPS LINE AT MID AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR AROUND 00Z. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...WITH POSSIBLE MVFR OR BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS VICINITY OF CONVECTION. FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AFTER 06Z TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION CONTINUING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. SURFACE WINDS WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 KTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT... SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. /14/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 95 69 93 66 / 30 20 10 10 10 MLU 72 93 63 93 60 / 40 20 10 0 10 DEQ 68 92 58 91 57 / 20 10 10 0 10 TXK 72 91 62 90 62 / 20 10 10 0 10 ELD 70 91 61 91 59 / 30 10 10 0 10 TYR 75 92 71 92 68 / 40 20 10 10 10 GGG 73 93 69 93 66 / 40 20 10 10 0 LFK 75 93 72 94 69 / 40 40 20 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22/14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1145 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010 LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ149>153-165>167-121645- LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1145 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 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... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-121645- 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-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON- 1145 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 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... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. WHILE WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
342 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010
OKZ077-112145-
MCCURTAIN-
342 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BEACHTON...PLUNKETVILLE...SMITHVILLE AND WATSON...
AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF HATFIELD...OR 17 MILES WEST OF
MENA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
NICKEL TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
22SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010
TXZ124-136-112300-
SMITH-WOOD-
525 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD AND SMITH...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
HOARD...
AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE EAST OF HOARD...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
MINEOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY
RURAL AREAS ALONG THE SABINE RIVER ACROSS SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN
SMITH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a home on County Road 1804 near the community of Hoard, Texas. There were no injuries reported. The damage was a result of a small downburst.
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