A strong cold front moving into the region during the predawn hours on July 15th resulted in the development of thunderstorms across portions of Natchitoches Parish. These thunderstorms produced a lightning strike that struck a home in the parish.
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A strong cold front moving into the region during the predawn hours on July 15th resulted in the development of thunderstorms across portions of Natchitoches Parish. These thunderstorms produced a lightning strike that struck a home in the parish. The lightning strike resulted in a fire which completely consumed the home. There were no injuries reported.
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 Jul 14, 10:45 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1145 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 .AVIATION... CONVECTION WILL AFFECT MOST TERMINALS THIS PD...MAINLY PRIOR TO 18Z...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. EXPECT REDUCED FLIGHT CATEGORIES WITH ANY PREVAILING TSTMS...BUT OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL. SKIES WILL CLEAR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH N WINDS AROUND 10 KTS EXPECTED AFTER FROPA. WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR-CALM AFTER SUNSET TUESDAY. /12/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 949 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014/ DISCUSSION... LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER AR/NE TX CONVECTION EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELD TO JUST SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT TO SOUTH OF TYR/LFK AT THIS HOUR. CONVECTION WAS NON EXISTENT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BUT NEW CONVECTION WAS TRYING TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF THE I-30 CORRIDOR OF NE TX/SE OK/SW AR. A QUICK LOOK AT THE HRRR AND THE NEW NAM OUTPUT SUGGESTS THAT AS THE TRUE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH OUT OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...NEW CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WITH INCREASING COVERAGE NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS TO MIMIC THIS THINKING OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...IT APPEARS THAT WE WILL SEE DECREASING CLOUDS AND PRECIP CHANCES BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND FOR THIS REASON...HAVE ADJUSTED POPS FOR TUESDAY WITH PRECIP ENDING DURING THE MORNING I-20 AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR BY AFTERNOON. TEMPS AND ALL OTHER GRIDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE SO NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES NECESSARY TONIGHT. PRELIMS TO FOLLOW...13. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 89 66 88 68 / 50 40 10 20 40 MLU 72 89 61 87 64 / 50 50 10 10 20 DEQ 67 86 60 81 64 / 30 20 20 20 60 TXK 72 87 61 84 65 / 40 20 10 20 50 ELD 70 87 60 85 65 / 50 20 10 10 30 TYR 73 90 68 88 71 / 40 40 10 30 50 GGG 73 90 67 88 70 / 40 40 10 30 40 LFK 74 92 71 91 73 / 40 50 20 30 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1215 PM CDT MON JUL 14 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>167-151100- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1215 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND THEN SPREAD EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL NEAR INTERSTATE 30 IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE. DUE TO STRONG HEATING AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THESE STORMS WILL WEAKEN IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTSIDE SHOULD DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES... WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING...AND TAKE PLENTY OF BREAKS. BE SURE TO CHECK ON THE ELDERLY...AS THEY CAN EASILY SUCCUMB TO THE HEAT. IN ADDITION...GIVE YOUR PETS PLENTY OF WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO REST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS THE REGION...AS THE WEAK COLD FRONT LIFTS BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THIS WILL HAPPEN AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY...AND INTO THE FOUR STATE AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL REMAINS IN QUESTION...WITH AMOUNTS OF THREE TO IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES POSSIBLE. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL BE GREATER WHERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. 06
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1257 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2014
TXZ151-150630-
PANOLA-
1257 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
PANOLA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BECKVILLE...CARTHAGE...AND GARY CITY
AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BECKVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CARTHAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
24The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home on Mr. Ed Lane near Lake Sibley just northwest of the city of Natchitoches in Natchitoches Parish. The home was completely consumed. There were no report of injuries.
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