isolated pulse type severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Northeast Texas during the afternoon hours of July 2nd. These storms developed in a moderately unstable airmass with convective temperatures near 100 degrees.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Much like the day before...isolated pulse type severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Northeast Texas during the afternoon hours of July 2nd. These storms developed in a moderately unstable airmass with convective temperatures near 100 degrees. Once these thunderstorms collapsed...they produced strong wind gusts which downed trees.
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 2, 2:22 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 322 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES REACHED THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 97 AROUND NOON...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ACTIVITY A LITTLE MORE ROBUST THIS AFTERNOON COMPARED TO FRIDAY...SO EXPECTING A FEW STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS. WILL KEEP 20 POPS IN GRIDS UNTIL 1 AM...BUT MOST SHOULD END BY 10 PM. UPPER RIDGE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY WILL SHIFT WEST INTO THE ROCKIES BY MONDAY AS A TROUGH DIGS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL CREATE A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVELS WHICH WILL REMAIN OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK FRONT WILL BACK DOOR INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA MONDAY AND HELP FOCUS THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WILL MENTION SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS EAST MONDAY. WITH THE RIDGE CENTERED WELL TO THE WEST... HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S ALONG WITH WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION...MAINLY DURING AFTERNOON HEATING THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TERMINAL FORECAST PERIOD DUE TO A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VCTS CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL SITES THROUGH 02Z AND MVFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ACROSS LFK/MLU/ELD TERMINALS FROM 09Z-14Z...VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PREVAIL AREAWIDE. /05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 102 75 100 75 / 20 20 20 20 20 MLU 74 102 74 101 72 / 20 20 20 30 20 DEQ 70 101 69 99 68 / 20 20 20 20 20 TXK 72 100 74 100 72 / 20 20 20 20 20 ELD 70 99 71 99 70 / 20 20 20 20 20 TYR 72 103 74 101 75 / 20 20 20 20 20 GGG 73 102 74 100 74 / 20 20 20 20 20 LFK 73 100 72 99 72 / 20 20 20 20 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 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>167-031100- 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- 1200 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY EXCEEDING THE 100 DEGREE MARK ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW 105 DEGREES ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS WITH HIGHER VALUES POSSIBLE ACROSS ISOLATED AREAS. WITH THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND A RELATIVELY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD...HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THESE STORMS...ONCE THEY COLLAPSE...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WHICH WILL DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... HOT TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AGAIN...THERE WILL BE A DOWNBURST POTENTIAL TO ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THESE STORMS WHILE NOT WIDESPREAD....WILL BE PROLIFIC LIGHTNING PRODUCERS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...THEN IT IS TIME TO MOVE INDOORS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED FOR A LARGE AREA...BUT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
255 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
TXZ136-149-022045-
CHEROKEE-SMITH-
255 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SMITH AND CHEROKEE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BULLARD...
AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BULLARD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WHITEHOUSE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
314 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
TXZ152-153-166-022100-
NACOGDOCHES-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-
314 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MARTINSVILLE AND MELROSE...
AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 14
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTER...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
339 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
TXZ149-022145-
CHEROKEE-
339 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...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 NORTHEAST TEXAS...
CHEROKEE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JACKSONVILLE...MIXON...MOUNT SELMAN AND PONTA...
AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONTA...OR 6
MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
05The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and large limbs were downed near Myrtle Drive in Jacksonville, Texas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 306885.