Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms formed along a residual cold pool boundary that originated itself north to south across Southern Arkansas during the early morning hours of March 10th. Surface base instability was non existent during the morning but enough momentum with the eastward propagating line of storms resulted in some wind damage across portions of Miller County, Arkansas.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms formed along a residual cold pool boundary that originated itself north to south across Southern Arkansas during the early morning hours of March 10th. Surface base instability was non existent during the morning but enough momentum with the eastward propagating line of storms resulted in some wind damage across portions of Miller County, Arkansas.
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 Mar 10, 2:54 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 354 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH DEVELOPED ALONG A DRYLINE OVER CENTRAL TX LATE YESTERDAY...HAS BECOME A MOSTLY DECAYED MCS AS THIS CONVECTION HAS MOVED EAST...AWAY FROM THE RETROGRADING DRYLINE. COLD FRONT MOVG EAST OF PANHANDLES...BEGINNING TO CATCH UP TO DRYLINE...AND WILL MOVE INTO NE TX/SE OK BY LATER THIS MORNING. DEWPOINTS IN AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60 PRIOR TO FROPA. HOWEVER...SHALLOW COLDER AIR WILL WEDGE BENEATH DEEP SW FLOW ALOFT...AND HAVE LOWERED POPS FROM WEST DURG DAYTIME...AND ALSO TRANSITION PCPN TO MORE STRATIFORM BEFORE ENDING. WITH SYSTEM MORE POSITIVELY TILTED...ACTUAL WRAPAROUND PCPN APPEARING MORE MINIMAL...AND WILL REMOVE POPS OVERNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL CWA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM SLOWS DOWN AS IT MOVES ACROSS AREA...AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE COINCIDES WITH DIURNAL ENHANCEMENTS...HAVE ADDED MENTION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN FOR NORTHCENTRAL LA THIS AFTN...EVEN THOUGH STRONGEST DIRECTIONAL DIVERGENCE IN UPPER LEVELS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF CWA. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS ALONG RED RIVER VALLEY AFFECTED BY COLD FRONT BEFORE MIDDAY...CURRENT TEMPS ACROSS AREA SUGGEST THAT DAYTIME HIGHS WILL REACH UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. BROAD UPPER RIDGING OVER NORTHERN MEX...WIL KEEP A DRY MODERATE WNW FLOW ALOFT ACROSS AREA. RADIATIVE COOLING WILL BRING OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY NIGHT INTO 30S AREAWIDE...WITH SOME FREEZING TEMPS EXPECTED NORTHERN SECTIONS. HOWEVER...LOW LVL SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP FOR REMAINDER OF FCST PERIOD...WILL SEE MODERATING OVERNIGHT LOWS AND WARM DAYTIME HIGHS./VII/ && .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS HAVE DEVELOPED/SPREAD N ACROSS E TX/SE OK/EXTREME SW AR AND WRN LA THIS MORNING...WITH THESE CIGS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ENCOMPASS THE REMAINDER OF N LA/SCNTRL AR /MLU AND ELD/ BY 12Z. AN EXTENSIVE BAND OF SHRA WITH EMBEDDED TSRA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SPREAD E ACROSS WRN AR/SE OK/WRN SECTIONS OF E TX ATTM...AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TXK AND LFK TERMINALS AROUND 12Z...SHV BY 14Z...AND MLU AROUND 18Z. SHOULD SEE OCCASIONAL TSRA EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SHRA THROUGH MUCH OF THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH MORE TSRA COULD BE OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON OVER NCNTRL LA...MAINLY E OF A IER TO RSN LINE WHERE BETTER HEATING AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY DEVELOP. LOW MVFR CIGS WITH OCCASIONAL IFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS SHRA...WITH CIGS GRADUALLY IMPROVING OVER E TX LATER THIS MORNING WHEN A GUST FRONT THAT THE CURRENT SHRA IS DEVELOPING ON PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. ADDITIONAL POST-FRONTAL SHRA SHOULD FOLLOW THE SFC BNDRY PASSAGE TODAY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VSBYS BEFORE ENDING FROM W TO E AFTER 18Z. ATTM...THE SHRA SHOULD CLEAR THE MLU TERMINAL AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 00Z MONDAY...WITH HIGH MVFR/LOW VFR CIGS QUICKLY SURGING SE INTO SW AR/NE TX THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COLD FROPA. A BRIEF PERIOD OF VFR CIGS UPON THE END OF THE SHRA SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE POST-FRONTAL CU FIELD...ALTHOUGH THIS FIELD MAY TEND TO SCATTER OUT MONDAY MORNING AS THE PRIMARY UPPER TROUGH PULLS E AWAY FROM THE AREA. S WINDS 10-15KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20+ KTS THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE SHRA SHOULD BECOME NW AROUND 10KTS WITH BRIEF GUSTS TO 20KTS FOLLOWING THE SFC BNDRY ALONG THE LEADING SHRA. WINDS WILL INCREASE 10-15KTS WITH BRIEF GUSTS TO 25KTS WITH THE ACTUAL COLD FROPA AS IT QUICKLY SHIFTS SE ACROSS NE TX THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT. /15/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 63 40 56 35 66 / 90 20 0 0 0 MLU 68 43 57 36 64 / 90 40 0 0 0 DEQ 61 35 50 30 64 / 60 10 0 0 0 TXK 61 38 53 33 65 / 70 20 0 0 0 ELD 63 39 55 33 64 / 70 40 0 0 0 TYR 61 36 53 33 66 / 70 10 0 0 0 GGG 63 38 56 33 66 / 90 10 0 0 0 LFK 64 40 59 36 67 / 90 20 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 546 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-010>012-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-150-151-111100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS- CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA- 546 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREAE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND DIMINISH LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. LAZ005-006-013-014-017>022-TXZ149-152-153-165>167-111100- LINCOLN-UNION LA-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 546 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AND TOLEDO BEND AREA THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO NEAR TWO INCHES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY...MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. VII
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds resulted in reports of damage to an airplane hanger and roof damage to a few homes in the Garland community. A few trees were also downed and the top of a grain silo was blown down.
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