Pulse type severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon across portions of Southwest Arkansas on July 3rd. These storms developed in a moderately unstable airmass with afternoon temperatures above 100 degrees.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Pulse type severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon across portions of Southwest Arkansas on July 3rd. These storms developed in a moderately unstable airmass with afternoon temperatures above 100 degrees. Once these storms collapsed, they produced strong damaging wind gusts. These storms were also prolific cloud to ground lightning producers.
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 3, 2:41 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 341 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION AND AN UPPER-LEVEL WEAKNESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE UPPER-RIDGE. DOWNBURST WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THEY DRIFT WEST. THIS CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. DIURNALLY DRIVEN AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS UPPER-RIDGE SLOWLY BREAKS DOWN AND SHIFTS WEST ALLOWING AN TROUGH TO DIG SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES. ACCORDINGLY...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO EASE INTO THE 90S THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHT BREAK FROM THE CRITICAL HEAT CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. OTHERWISE...AS THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN SHIFTS TO A NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...THE POSSIBILITY OF MCS ACTIVITY INCREASES. /05/ && .AVIATION... MOSTLY VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS. ISOLATED CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION...ENDING BY 04/02Z. HAZARDS FROM THE CONVECTION WILL INCLUDE STRONG WIND SHEAR AND SEVERE TURBULENCE. SURFACE WINDS MAINLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 10 KTS BUT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CAUSED BY TSTMS WILL BRING VARIABLE WIND WITH GUST 30 TO 40 KTS AND POTENTIALLY HIGHER. /14/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 97 73 98 72 / 30 30 30 30 30 MLU 73 97 72 97 73 / 30 30 30 40 30 DEQ 69 99 70 97 73 / 20 20 20 20 20 TXK 73 99 72 98 73 / 20 20 20 30 30 ELD 70 98 70 97 72 / 20 20 20 30 30 TYR 74 99 75 97 73 / 30 30 30 20 20 GGG 74 99 74 98 72 / 30 30 30 30 30 LFK 74 97 72 97 71 / 30 30 30 30 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/05/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1155 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-041700- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1155 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. DUE TO THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES...SOME STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS WHICH COULD CAPSIZE BOATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HOT TEMPERATURES WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WHILE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE PROLIFIC LIGHTNING AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...MOVE INDOORS OR TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
507 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
ARZ070-TXZ097-032300-
BOWIE-MILLER-
507 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...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 SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MANDEVILLE...TEXARKANA...HOOKS...MAUD...NASH...REDWATER AND WAKE
VILLAGE...
AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEXARKANA...MOVING WEST AT 5
MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. ALSO EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
518 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
TXZ097-111-112-032300-
BOWIE-CASS-MORRIS-
518 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...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...
NORTHEAST MORRIS...NORTHWEST CASS AND SOUTHWEST BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DALBY SPRINGS...SIMMS AND US 259 AND I 30 INTERSECTION...
AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF US 259 AND I 30
INTERSECTION...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE WINDS FROM THIS STORM CAN
BLOW AROUND UNSECURED ITEMS AND MAY BREAK SMALL TREE LIMBS.
06The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning hit a backyard tree, then moved onto a powerline which set the roof of a local residence on fire. There were no report of injuries.
Winds damaged the front of the Deliverance Temple Church of God in Christ. Bricks were reported to have come through the ceiling of the church. There were no report of injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2011
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: 307192, 307193.