A weak frontal boundary was located across Southwest Arkansas and had pulled up stationary. An upper level trough ejected out of the Southern Plains and into the Lower Mississippi Valley, providing the necessary lift for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across the region.
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A weak frontal boundary was located across Southwest Arkansas and had pulled up stationary. An upper level trough ejected out of the Southern Plains and into the Lower Mississippi Valley, providing the necessary lift for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across the region. Isolated small hail reports were received during the afternoon hours in Howard 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 22, 12:33 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 133 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014 .AVIATION... SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE A SLOW IMPROVEMENT TO CIGS THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH MOST CIGS SHOULD REMAIN MVFR ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE 18Z TAF PERIOD. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR A SLR...TO JUST S OF TXK...TO ALONG THE AR/LA LINE TO NEAR MLU LINE AS OF 18Z...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT S TO NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR BY 00Z. MAY SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO CIGS TO LOW VFR BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON OVER SW AR N OF THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE EXTENT OF SCT CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS OVER SE OK THAT WILL SPREAD E INTO THE NRN SECTIONS OF SW AR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ATTM...BELIEVE THAT MUCH OF THIS CONVECTION WILL REMAIN N OF THE TXK/ELD TERMINALS...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SCT CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING FARTHER S OVER ECNTRL TX/NCNTRL LA ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...LOW CONFIDENCE PRECLUDES MENTION IN MOST OF THE TERMINAL FORECASTS ATTM...ALTHOUGH DID MAINTAIN VCTS MENTION FOR THE ELD/MLU TERMINALS AS THIS CONVECTION MAY BECOME MORE ORGANIZED LATER TONIGHT. COULD ALSO SEE IFR CIGS INCREASE FROM THE S AFTER 06Z AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER DEEP E TX...POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE LFK TERMINAL...ALTHOUGH CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE SLIGHTLY IN WAKE OF THE FRONT. SHOULD SEE A SLOW IMPROVEMENT TO THE MVFR CIGS FROM N TO S SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING BENEATH AN INCREASING AC/CIRRUS SHIELD. WINDS WILL REMAIN VRB 6KTS OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING S OF THE FRONT...WITH NE WINDS 5-10KTS N OF THE FRONT. THE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AFTER 12Z SUNDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...RESULTING IN NNE WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15KTS WITH GUSTS TO 23KTS. /15/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1046 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014/ DISCUSSION... A RANGE OF TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...AS EXPECTED...WITH A COLD FRONT SPLITTING THE REGION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. LOCATION OF THE FRONT AS OF 15Z PUTS IT THROUGH MOST OF SRN AR BACK ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NE TX WHERE IT IS STATIONARY ATTM AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY HAS YET TO KICK OUT FAR ENOUGH FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TO AID IN FARTHER EWRD MOVEMENT. EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCELERATION BY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WITH SHWRS AND ISOLD TSTMS INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION. FOR THE MORNING UPDATE...HAVE ADJUSTED FORECAST HIGH TEMPS EVER SO SLIGHTLY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 AS FRONTAL POSITION HAS DICTATED. ALSO DROPPED POPS SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF I-30 FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER CHANCES LIKELY HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. NEW QPF NUMBERS WERE ALSO LOADED IN AS MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD AVERAGE BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO AN INCH POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY OVER SRN AR AND FAR NRN LA. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 50 60 40 66 / 40 60 30 20 10 MLU 73 48 56 40 64 / 40 60 30 20 10 DEQ 60 43 59 34 63 / 50 60 20 10 10 TXK 63 45 57 37 61 / 50 60 20 10 10 ELD 63 44 56 36 63 / 50 60 20 10 10 TYR 70 47 58 39 65 / 40 50 30 20 10 GGG 71 49 59 39 64 / 40 60 30 20 10 LFK 77 53 58 43 67 / 40 50 30 30 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1142 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-231330- 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- 1142 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014 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... A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SCATTERED...TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME LIKELY LATER TODAY...AND LINGER FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...AS ABUNDANT PACIFIC AND GULF MOISTURE OVERRUN THE SLOWLY DEEPENING COOL AIR. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BUT SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SLOWLY CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWARD DURING SUNDAY. LIGHT RAIN WILL END OVERNIGHT OR BY SUNRISE ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA WITH REINFORCEMENTS ON TUESDAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY RAIN AND JUST INCREASING CLOUDS. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATE IN THE NEW WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AT THIS TIME...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1248 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014
OKZ077-221830-
MCCURTAIN-
1248 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IDABEL...
AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...OR
21 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THIS
STORM INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE NEEDED.
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
136 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014
ARZ050-059-OKZ077-221915-
LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-SEVIER-
136 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ALLEENE...ARKINDA...BEN LOMOND...WILTON AND WINTHROP...
AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARKINDA...OR 13
MILES WEST OF HORATIO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS
BEEN REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDABEL WITH THIS STORM.
PEA TO HALF INCH SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
215 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014
ARZ050-051-059-060-222015-
HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-SEVIER-
215 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BEN LOMOND...HOPE...PERRYTOWN...SARATOGA...TOLLETTE...WASHINGTON
AND WILTON...
AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEN LOMOND...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
ASHDOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THIS STORM
INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE NEEDED.
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:34 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail fell one mile east of the Saratoga community near the Howard/Hempstead County line.
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