A broken line of scattered thunderstorms developed across the Middle Red River Valley of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the late night hours of October 13 and the predawn hours of October 14th. The thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass and were preceded by a strong cold front in association with an upper level trough moving into the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi…
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A broken line of scattered thunderstorms developed across the Middle Red River Valley of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the late night hours of October 13 and the predawn hours of October 14th. The thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass and were preceded by a strong cold front in association with an upper level trough moving into the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley. Strong damaging wind gusts were the primary result with these thunderstorms.
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 Oct 13, 9:37 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1037 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED ZONES TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 665 THAT WILL BE VALID UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RAIN CHANCES AND INCLUSION OF MENTION OF SEVERE WORDING. /06/ && .AVIATION... BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO SVR CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ACROSS OK/TX. SCATTERED TSTMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT KTYR/KGGG/KTXK VERY EARLY IN THE 06Z TAF PERIOD. TSTMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE TERMINALS SUNDAY MORNING. CHANGED THUNDER REMARKS TO RAIN AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR GRADUALLY CLEARING SKIES AND WINDS VEERING TO THE NW THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. /09/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 70 84 57 83 53 / 60 50 10 0 0 MLU 68 82 58 82 52 / 30 50 10 0 0 DEQ 66 84 48 81 47 / 80 10 0 0 0 TXK 68 84 55 82 51 / 80 30 0 0 0 ELD 68 82 53 80 48 / 60 50 0 0 0 TYR 69 84 55 83 55 / 70 30 0 0 0 GGG 69 85 55 83 50 / 70 40 0 0 0 LFK 71 84 57 84 53 / 40 50 10 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1202 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141100- 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- 1202 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 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... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL SHIFT EAST INTO KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MID TO LATE EVENING...BEFORE PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST INTO THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND EAST TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG SHEAR AND FORCING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME MARGINAL SURFACE INSTABILITY THIS EVENING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...MAINLY NORTH OF A TYLER TEXAS...TO TEXARKANA AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS LINE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE PRIMARY UPPER LEVEL FORCING SHIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SUNDAY OVER EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AS IT SLOWLY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING THE DAY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING SOUTHEAST TO START THE NEW WORK WEEK. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
954 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
OKZ077-140345-
MCCURTAIN-
954 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BATTIEST...BEACHTON...BETHEL...GLOVER...HOCHATOWN...MOUNT
HERMAN...PICKENS...PLUNKETVILLE...RINGOLD...RUFE...SHERWOOD...
SLIM...SMITHVILLE...VALLIANT...WATSON AND WRIGHT CITY...
AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
NORTH OF OCTAVIA TO 12 MILES WEST OF OCTAVIA TO CLOUDY...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES WEST OF MENA TO 27 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON
TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
09SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1124 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
ARZ050-OKZ077-TXZ096-140515-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-SEVIER-
1124 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GILLHAM...BROKEN BOW...IDABEL AND MANCHESTER...
AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
SOUTH OF OCTAVIA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW TO FORT
TOWSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE
QUEEN TO 32 MILES EAST OF HUGO TO 14 MILES EAST OF HUGO...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
09SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1216 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
ARZ050-051-140600-
HOWARD-SEVIER-
1216 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
HOWARD AND SEVIER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CENTER POINT...DE QUEEN...DIERKS...HORATIO...LOCKESBURG AND
UMPIRE...
AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HORATIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
20SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1221 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
OKZ077-TXZ096-097-140600-
BOWIE-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
1221 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER AND BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IDABEL...BAGWELL...BOGATA AND CLARKSVILLE...
AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEPORT...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HAGANSPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
20The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and phone lines were downed in Clarksville and Bogota, Texas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2012
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