Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across Union, northern Ouachita, and Morehouse Parishes during the late afternoon and early evening of September 6th, and slowly drifted south across much of Ouachita Parish, including the city of Monroe. One particular storm was locally strong, producing estimated 40 mph winds over the city, which resulted in a metal roof…
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across Union, northern Ouachita, and Morehouse Parishes during the late afternoon and early evening of September 6th, and slowly drifted south across much of Ouachita Parish, including the city of Monroe. One particular storm was locally strong, producing estimated 40 mph winds over the city, which resulted in a metal roof peeling back off of a lumber warehouse on Desiard Street, landing on a few cars in the parking lot. From a long-time resident and active storm spotter in Monroe, these buildings are old and poorly constructed, which likely contributed to the damage from these wind gusts.
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 Sep 6, 6:10 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 710 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014 .AVIATION... MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND A PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALTHOUGH SCT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SW AR/N LA/E TX. THIS CONVECTION COULD AFFECT THE TYR AND MLU TERMINALS...RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS TO 30KTS...EXTREME TURBULENCE...AND LOCALLY REDUCED VSBYS. ONCE THE CONVECTION DIMINISHES LATER THIS EVENING...ELEVATED CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL LINGER THROUGH A PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE MVFR CIGS DEVELOP AFTER 09Z ACROSS SW AR/N LA/E TX NEAR AND BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THESE CIGS MAY BECOME IFR BY 12Z...AND LINGER THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING BEFORE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED. VFR CIGS SHOULD RETURN AFTER 18Z...WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE NEAR AND N OF THE FRONT AS IT SLOWLY SHIFTS S ACROSS DEEP E TX/CNTRL LA. HOWEVER...LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS OCCURRING PRECLUDES MENTION IN THE TAFS ATTM. LIGHT NNE/LT AND VRB WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NNE 5-10KTS AFTER 15Z. /15/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014/ DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT IS REALLY A CHALLENGE TO PIN POINT WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OVER MUCH OUR AREA. OUR VAD IS ALL NORTHERLY ALOFT AS WELL. THE DEW POINTS ARE STILL VERY SUMMER LIKE WITH LOW TO MID 70S FOR MOST...BUT A FEW 60S NORTH OF I-30 AND IN THE DRIER AREA OF DEEP E TX. EARLY AFTERNOON POPCORN IS SERVED JUST ABOUT AREA WIDE AND SOME THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS FORMING UP ALONG AN ELEVATED BOUNDARY WHICH IS DRAPED FROM NE TX ACROSS S AR AND INTO NW MS. ALSO TO NOTE...SOME FORCING WITH KING TUTT DOUBLE BARRELED LOW OUT IN THE GULF. THE WATER VAPOR IS SHOWING A PUSH OF MID LEVEL DRY AIR WRAPPING A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL OK AT THIS TIME. WPC QPF IS AROUND A QUARTER INCH IN THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING AND FARTHER SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. OVERALL...IT IS ONCE AND DONE WITH WEATHER AS THE RAIN COOLED AIR TENDS TO STABILIZE ANY FURTHER LIFT...BUT AFTER SUNSET IF TAIL END CHARLIE UPPER LOW DECIDES TO WORK WITH FRONT IN ANY WAY...WE COULD SEE SOME WET WEATHER LINGERING IN A MANY SPOTS IN THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THIS AIR MASS IS 1025MB OVER NB WITH GOOD OUTFLOW OF DRY AIR ACROSS MO...BUT JUST GETTING INTO N AR. SO THIS IS A WEAK BOUNDARY AND REALLY JUST A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE SUMMER HEAT. WE WILL SEE THIS FRONT WASH OUT IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THEN IT IS MORE SUMMER HEAT EXPECTED FOR MIDWEEK AHEAD OF A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT BY LATE WEEK WITH 1030 PLUS MB ON GFS AND ESPECIALLY EURO. MUCH OF THIS PUSH WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT THURSDAY FOR OUR AREA...BUT THE MODELS ARE WISHY WASHY ON THE QPF. IN ITS WAKE...A VERY NICE WEEKEND AWAITS WITH RAIN ENDING DURING FRIDAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. MAV AND MEX REASONABLE CONSIDERING THE STRENGTH OF BOTH AIR MASSES IN PLAY AND HAVE BEEN BLENDED INTO THE ENTIRE PACKAGE. /24/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 90 72 94 73 / 50 20 10 10 10 MLU 72 89 69 91 70 / 50 30 10 10 10 DEQ 69 87 66 90 67 / 30 20 10 10 10 TXK 70 86 68 91 70 / 30 20 10 10 10 ELD 70 87 67 91 68 / 30 20 10 10 10 TYR 73 88 72 92 74 / 30 20 20 10 10 GGG 73 90 71 93 73 / 50 20 10 10 10 LFK 73 92 72 94 74 / 30 30 20 20 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1217 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 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>167-071730- 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- 1217 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS...FOR NORTH LOUISIANA...FOR EAST TEXAS AND FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP WELL BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING DAYTIME HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF I-20 AS THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATES JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-20 ON MONDAY. AFTER A HOT AND DRY MIDWEEK...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE AREA DURING THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
243 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
ARZ050-OKZ077-062045-
MCCURTAIN-SEVIER-
243 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DE QUEEN...GILLHAM AND BROKEN BOW...
AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF GILLHAM...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DE QUEEN. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
511 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
ARZ060-061-071-062300-
HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-NEVADA-
511 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 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...
HEMPSTEAD...LAFAYETTE AND NEVADA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BODCAW AND WILLISVILLE...
AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF STAMPS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
538 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
LAZ003-004-062330-
CLAIBORNE-WEBSTER-
538 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
CLAIBORNE AND WEBSTER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
HAYNESVILLE AND HOMER...
AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAYNESVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTH
OF HOMER...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
620 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
LAZ005-013-070000-
JACKSON-LINCOLN-
620 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LINCOLN AND JACKSON...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
RUSTON...
AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSTON...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
712 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
TXZ152-070100-
NACOGDOCHES-
712 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
NACOGDOCHES...
AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF NACOGDOCHES...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
715 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
TXZ136-070115-
SMITH-
715 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SMITH...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
LINDALE AND TYLER...
AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINDALE...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TYLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A metal roof was blown off the Russell Moore Lumber Warehouse on Desiard Street in Monrow, landing on several cars in the parking lot.
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