Widely scattered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced lightning that caused damage to a home in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
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Widely scattered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced lightning that caused damage to a home in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
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 Jun 23, 2:10 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 310 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WITH A WEAK FRONT FOLLOWING AT THE SURFACE. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL TONIGHT... ALONG I30 OR JUST A LITTLE MORE SOUTHEAST. THE TROUGH MAY BE NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. SO FOR TONIGHT...KEEPING HIGHEST POPS SOUTH AND EAST...AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AND FRONT. WILL DO THE SAME FOR TUESDAY...AS THE UPPER TROUGH STALLS WITH MOST OF THE CWA IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. DO NOT WANT TO ELIMINATE POPS FOR NORTHWEST AREAS ON TUESDAY...BUT WILL LOWER QFP SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE A ZONAL FLOW DAY...AT LEAST BY GFS CALCULATIONS. HOWEVER...NAM DOES SHOW UPPER FLOW GOING SOUTHWEST WITH A FAIRLY DECENT TROUGH APPROACHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THE DAY. PROBLEM COMES THURSDAY IF THE NAM IS CORRECT...WITH SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE SPREADING INTO THE AREA WITH THE UPPER TROUGH. THIS FEATURE WEAKER ON OTHER MODELS...SO FOR NOW WILL KEEP ONLY CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST. AFTER THURSDAY...THE UPPER PATTERN CHANGES AGAIN...WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGES BEGINNING TO BUILD WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST...RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF WEAK UPPER FLOW FOR THE REGION. THIS WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO MAINLY ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION. BY EARLY NEXT WEAK...THE RIDGES EXPAND...WHICH COULD CUT OFF ALL PRECIP AND BRING WARMER TEMPS. FOR NOW...WILL MAKE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST...KEEPING LOW POPS AND NEAR NORMAL SUMMER TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 74 89 72 89 72 / 50 40 20 40 20 MLU 73 91 71 89 71 / 50 50 30 40 20 DEQ 69 88 68 88 69 / 30 30 20 30 20 TXK 70 89 70 88 71 / 40 30 20 30 20 ELD 72 88 69 88 70 / 50 40 30 30 20 TYR 72 89 72 88 71 / 40 30 30 30 20 GGG 72 90 72 89 72 / 40 30 30 30 20 LFK 74 91 72 89 71 / 50 40 30 40 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1141 AM CDT MON JUN 23 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>167-241100- 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- 1141 AM CDT MON JUN 23 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 ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ALSO... LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. WHILE ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME... WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED IF A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
453 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
LAZ002-003-232300-
BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
453 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
BOSSIER AND WEBSTER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CULLEN...SAREPTA AND SPRINGHILL...
AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF SAREPTA...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
24SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
456 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
ARZ061-071-072-232230-
COLUMBIA-LAFAYETTE-NEVADA-
456 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE AND NEVADA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BLUFF CITY...BUCKNER...BUSSEY...MACEDONIA...MAGNOLIA...MCNEIL...
ROSSTON...SMITHLAND...VILLAGE...WALDO AND WILLISVILLE...
AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
WEST OF WHELEN SPRINGS TO SMITHLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
8 MILES EAST OF PRESCOTT TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF STAMPS...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
24SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
531 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
ARZ061-072-073-232300-
COLUMBIA-NEVADA-UNION-
531 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
COLUMBIA AND NEVADA...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
UNION...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ATLANTA...EL DORADO...LISBON...MOUNT HOLLY...NORPHLET...
SMACKOVER...VILLAGE AND WESSON...
AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STEPHENS TO ATLANTA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF STEPHENS TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAGNOLIA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
24SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
602 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
ARZ073-LAZ004>006-232345-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION-
602 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
UNION...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
UNION AND LINCOLN...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
CLAIBORNE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CALION...EL DORADO...JUNCTION CITY...LAPILE...LAWSON...LISBON...
MOUNT HOLLY...NORPHLET...SMACKOVER...STRONG...URBANA...WESSON...
BERNICE AND FARMERVILLE...
AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT
HOLLY TO 9 MILES EAST OF HOMER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMACKOVER TO 9 MILES EAST OF HOMER...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
24The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, causing the tree to fall on a home on South 3rd Street in Homer, Louisiana.
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