An upper level trough entered the Southern Plains during the afternoon hours of April 4th. Instability increased across the region with daytime heating and an initial cap during the morning hours weakened during the day.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
An upper level trough entered the Southern Plains during the afternoon hours of April 4th. Instability increased across the region with daytime heating and an initial cap during the morning hours weakened during the day. As a result...scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the region with large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts the primary result.
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 Apr 3, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1140 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 .AVIATION... SVR TSTMS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS NE TX AND SW AR. LINE SEGMENT RACING ACROSS SW AR HAS MOVED EAST OF KTXK TERMINAL...AND WILL HEAD INTO KELD TERMINAL AROUND 0530Z. VERY FREQUENT LTG STRIKES...STG WINDS ABOVE 45 KTS FROM WEST...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. OUTFLOW WINDS AT KTXK WILL DIMINISH AND RETURN TO SOUTH AT AROUND 10 KTS. A TRAILING BAND OF CONVECTION EXTENDING WWD JUST NORTH OF I-20 CORRIDOR WILL SINK SWD INTO KTYR AND KGGG BY 05Z...AND INTO KSHV BY 0530Z. THESE STORMS SLIGHTLY WEAKER...HOWEVER... LTG STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OVER 30 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED. TSTMS SHOULD AFFECT KLFK AND KMLU TERMINALS LATER TONIGHT. CIGS ACROSS AREA...OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY MVFR. COLD FRONT STILL WELL WEST OF CWA...THUS MVFR TO LOW VFR CIGS STILL EXPECTED BEHIND STORMS. HOWEVER...SKIES BECMG VFR SKC BEHIND COLD FRONT... WITH N-NW WINDS BECMG 10 TO 15 KTS AND GUSTY FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER 05/06Z...UPPER LVL CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO REPLACE SKC CONDITIONS./VII/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 921 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014/ DISCUSSION... A SLOW START TO CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS EVENING DUE TO DELAYED EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF DRYLINE. SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADIC SIGNATURES BEGINNING TO DRIFT EAST TOWARD RED RIVER AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. LATEST RAOB FROM KSHV INDICATES A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. PREVIOUS CAP FROM EARLIER TODAY HAS SENSE ERODED. EXPECTING CONVECTION TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. HENCE...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 56 HAS BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS AN EXTENSION TO THE PREVIOUS WATCH AND INCORPORATES PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND DEEP EAST TEXAS. WATCH TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM. DUE TO THE DELAY IN DRYLINE/COLD FRONT ARRIVAL...ALSO WENT AHEAD AND RAISED OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION AND INCREASED POPS FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPDATES ARE ALREADY OUT. /05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 63 71 46 67 51 / 70 0 0 20 40 MLU 64 74 46 65 50 / 70 20 0 20 50 DEQ 56 67 38 66 47 / 70 0 0 10 20 TXK 58 68 44 66 49 / 70 0 0 10 30 ELD 63 71 43 66 49 / 70 0 0 10 40 TYR 58 70 46 65 50 / 70 0 0 20 30 GGG 60 70 46 66 50 / 70 0 0 20 30 LFK 64 72 48 67 54 / 50 10 10 30 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1117 AM CDT THU APR 3 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>167-041200- 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- 1117 AM CDT THU APR 3 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AND IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE...WITH THESE STORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AS THEY MOVE INTO THESE AREAS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP INTO ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THIS EVENING...A PREDOMINANTLY DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL MATERIALIZE OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA AS THESE STORMS ACCELERATE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORMS EXIT THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE RETURNS NORTH AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL CROSS THE ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 13
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1215 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM TSTM WND DMG BRADLEY 33.10N 93.66W
04/03/2014 LAFAYETTE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
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EVENT NUMBER SHV1400221
12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1216 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 PM TSTM WND DMG STAMPS 33.36N 93.50W
04/03/2014 LAFAYETTE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALL POWER OUT IN THE TOWN
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EVENT NUMBER SHV1400222
12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1226 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM TSTM WND DMG HOPE 33.67N 93.59W
04/03/2014 HEMPSTEAD AR TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL LIMBS DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1400223
12SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1239 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
TXZ110-124-125-040645-
CAMP-UPSHUR-WOOD-
1239 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
UPSHUR...WOOD AND CAMP...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BIG SANDY...GOLDEN...HAINESVILLE...HAWKINS...MINEOLA...PLEASANT
GROVE...QUITMAN...ROSEWOOD AND WINNSBORO...
AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUITMAN...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
05PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1240 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1228 AM TSTM WND GST 9 W EL DORADO 33.22N 92.81W
04/04/2014 M58 MPH UNION AR ASOS
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EVENT NUMBER SHV1400224
MDVPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1249 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM TSTM WND DMG LEWISVILLE 33.36N 93.58W
04/03/2014 LAFAYETTE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE POLICE ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 70 MPH...NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1400225
MDVThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:14 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell knocking down powerlines on Poplar and Weinstock Streets in the Lakeside neighborhood.
A few trees were downed on Mays Crossing in Dubach, Louisiana.
Trees and powerlines were downed across several areas in the parish.
Several reports of power outages with trees downed across the parish.
Hail was reported in the Pollock community.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, April 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: 500763, 500764, 500765, 500767, 500768.