A vigorous upper level trough moved out of the Southern Plains and into the Lower Mississippi Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of October 2nd. This upper level trough took on a negative tilt as it moved towards the Four State Region, with vigorous lift resulting in the development of severe thunderstorms in a moderately unstable environment.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A vigorous upper level trough moved out of the Southern Plains and into the Lower Mississippi Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of October 2nd. This upper level trough took on a negative tilt as it moved towards the Four State Region, with vigorous lift resulting in the development of severe thunderstorms in a moderately unstable environment. Strong unidirectional deep layer shear resulted in the convection eventually taking on the shape of a squall line which raced through the region producing widespread wind damage.
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 2, 2:33 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 333 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014 .DISCUSSION... BIG STORY OF THIS FCST CYCLE CONTINUES TO BE THE PENDING SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TO UNFOLD THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO DIG EWD INTO N TX...AND RIGOROUS CONVECTION IS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS N TX/CENTRAL OK. THIS WILL QUICKLY PIVOT EWD THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO OUR NWRN AREAS...AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 518 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF E TX/SE OK THROUGH 02Z...WITH MORE WATCHES LIKELY TO COME DOWNSTREAM. SETUP FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE...AS TODAY'S SCT CONVECTION HAS DONE LITTLE TO AFFECT THE OVERALL AMPLE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. CONSIDERING THE POTENT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IN THE SHORTWAVE...THE STRONG SURFACE FORCING WITH THE FRONT...SUFFICIENT /ALTHOUGH MOSTLY UNIDIRECTIONAL/ SHEAR...AND AMPLE INSTABILITY... WE SHOULD SEE A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. GREATEST THREATS CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AS ALWAYS...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLD TORNADO OR TWO. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOWING GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO TIMING OF THE FRONT/SQUALL LINE...AND THE RAPID EWD PROGRESSION SHOULD KEEP ANY FLOODING THREAT AT BAY. CONVECTION WILL CLEAR THE REGION FOR THE MOST PART BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SKIES QUICKLY CLEARING AND COOLER TEMPS OVERTAKING THE REGION. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ON THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...BEFORE WARMING UP TO NEAR AND ABOVE NORMAL BY MIDWEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING TUESDAY MAY BRING SOME ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR RAIN...BUT NOT MUCH OF A COOL-DOWN. /12/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 63 79 49 76 50 / 90 10 0 0 0 MLU 68 81 47 74 48 / 70 20 0 0 0 DEQ 56 75 39 71 44 / 90 10 0 0 0 TXK 59 76 44 72 50 / 90 10 0 0 0 ELD 63 79 43 72 45 / 90 10 0 0 0 TYR 59 80 49 77 53 / 90 10 0 0 0 GGG 61 80 47 77 48 / 90 10 0 0 0 LFK 66 83 52 79 52 / 90 10 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1110 AM CDT THU OCT 2 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>167-031615- 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- 1110 AM CDT THU OCT 2 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... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY AS THE HEAT AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO BUILD AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL RACE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AREA WIDE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT BY THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 12
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
523 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014
LAZ001-002-TXZ138-151-022315-
BOSSIER-CADDO-HARRISON-PANOLA-
523 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES AND COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
CADDO AND BOSSIER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRISON AND PANOLA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BLANCHARD...BOSSIER CITY...GREENWOOD...SHREVEPORT...ELYSIAN
FIELDS AND WASKOM...
AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELYSIAN FIELDS...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER
WESTERN SHREVEPORT BY AROUND 545 PM.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
VIIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
536 PM CDT THU OCT 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0533 PM TSTM WND DMG BROKEN BOW 34.03N 94.74W
10/02/2014 MCCURTAIN OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN IN CITY...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1400532
25PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
557 PM CDT THU OCT 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARKSVILLE 33.61N 95.06W
10/02/2014 RED RIVER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN - ALL OVER COUNTY
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1400533
25PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
558 PM CDT THU OCT 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT VERNON 33.17N 95.22W
10/02/2014 FRANKLIN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1400534
25The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gust was estimated by a Trained Spotter in De Queen, Arkansas.
A few trees were downed in and around the Foreman, Arkansas community.
A few trees were downed in the Ashdown community.
Trees were downed across many roads in and around De Queen, Arkansas.
Trees were downed across Hwy. 237 in Texarkana, Arkansas.
Several powerlines were downed in Texarkana, Arkansas. Some of these were found on Hwy. 71 and Blackmon Ferry Road.
Trees and powerlines were downed near the intersection of 10 and 17.
Trees were downed on Hwy. 67, 355 and 195.
Numerous trees were downed in and around the Stamps, Arkansas area.
Numerous trees downed throughout the county including Arkansas Hwy. 41, 108, 32 and on CR. 29, 11 and 15.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, October 2014
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: 541356, 541361, 541362, 541366, 541939, 541941, 541945, 541951, 541995, 541962.