Hail in Texas, March 22, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
958 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014

.DISCUSSION...
STOUT CAP AROUND 790MB OBSERVED ON 00Z KSHV SOUNDING. FRONT
REMAINS STATIONARY NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF LARGE SCALE FORCING. THUS...CONVECTION HAS HAD QUITE A BIT
OF TROUBLE DEVELOPING S OF THE FRONT BUT LATEST RADAR TRENDS
INDICATE SOME ACTIVITY TRYING TO ORGANIZE ACROSS DEEP E TX AS WELL
AS A FEW SCT SHWRS ELSEWHERE. POST-FRONTAL SHWRS HAVE CONTINUED AS
EXPECTED NORTH OF I-30. GIVEN THE LIMITING FACTORS MENTIONED
ABOVE...HAVE LOWERED POPS THROUGH 06Z S OF I-30. HAVE ALSO OPTED
TO MENTION ONLY ISOLATED THUNDER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING HRS DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE INVERSION
AND OVERALL STABILIZATION DUE TO LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

WILL LEAVE POPS INTACT BEYOND 06Z. STILL EXPECTING PRECIP TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT.
WEAK UPPER TROUGH EMERGING E OF THE ROCKIES MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL ASCENT TO AID IN PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. TRANSITION TO
SLIGHTLY MORE WNWLY FLOW ALOFT WITH THE TROUGH SHOULD ALSO GET THE
FRONT MOVING. LATEST MODELS...INCLUDING THE HRRR...SEEM TO SUPPORT
THIS AS THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE PRECIP COVERAGE AROUND 06Z.

OTHER THAN CHANGES TO POPS/WX/QPF...MADE SOME MINOR UPDATES TO
DEWPOINTS BASED ON LATEST OBS AND ANALYSIS OF SFC FRONT POSITION.
UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT SHORTLY. /09/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 742 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014/

AVIATION...

VFR TO START OFF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A SLOW CHANGE TO MVFR AND
SOME LOWERING TO IFR WITH VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY. THIS EVENING A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED TO S OF I-20
ACROSS LA AND HAD ONLY MOVED INTO NE TX N OF I-20 WHERE IT WAS
WRAPPED AROUND AN INVERTED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE THAT EXTENDED
FROM S CENTRAL TX AND INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS AND N TO JACKSONVILLE
AND TO NEAR KTYR. MOST OF THE ONGOING PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH OF
THE FRONT ACROSS SE OK AND INTO SW ARKANSAS WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS AR...AND IN NE TX N OF THE
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVERTED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...AND
JUST WEST OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
AND BACK SIDE OF TROUGH. NOT MUCH CONVECTION SO WILL MENTION
MOSTLY VCSH AND LESS CONFIDENT OF THUNDER...BUT HAVE INCLUDED SOME
IN TEMPO GROUPS. VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES RETURNING IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON SUNDAY. VARIABLE WINDS SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND
NORTHEAST TO NORTH IN WAKE OF THE BOUNDARY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL BE TIGHTENING UP DURING THE OVERNIGHT GENERALLY AFTER 23/08Z WITH
WINDS OF 10-15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS...DROPPING OFF TO NEAR
10 KNOTS AFTER 23/20Z. /06/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 402 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2014/

DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT BISECTING THE REGION GENERALLY ALONG THE I-30 CORRIDOR
OF NE TX AND EXTENDING EWRD NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AR/LA LINE.
THE FRONT HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON AND VIS SATELLITE
LOOP INDICATES IT HAS LIKELY GONE STATIONARY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION...STILL AWAITING THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY KICKER WHICH WILL
NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MUCH LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN THE
MEANTIME...THE BNDRY WILL SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR SHWRS AND
TSTMS AS ABUNDANT OVERRUNNING PACIFIC MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM
IN FROM THE SW IN ADDITION TO GULF MOISTURE WITH SOUTH WINDS AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. HAVE TAKEN POPS UP TO LIKELY CATEGORY AREA WIDE FOR
TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY TAPERING BACK TO CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
SUNDAY AS THE FRONT ADVANCES SEWRD WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A GOOD 15 DEGREES COOLER FOR HIGHS ON SUNDAY
BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL RUN BELOW NORMAL AS A WHOLE THROUGH MID
WEEK WITH A REINFORCING COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ON TUESDAY AND
SENDING LOWS INTO THE 30S AREA WIDE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME
OF OUR NRN ZONES FLIRTING WITH THE FREEZING MARK.

WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT BACK SLY EARLY WEDNESDAY AS SFC HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SHIFT OUT OF CNTRL TX AND BRING A
CHANCE OF SHWRS AND TSTMS BACK TO THE REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE
WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY AHEAD OF OUR NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH
WILL ARRIVE ON FRIDAY MORNING. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE
FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FRONT ALTHOUGH
THE IT DOES NOT LOOK PARTICULARLY STRONG AT THIS TIME.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL FROM MID TO LATE WEEK AHEAD OF
THIS FRONT AND WILL SETTLE BACK NEAR NORMAL BEHIND THE FRONT. /19/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  50  60  40  65  41 /  70  40  10  10   0
MLU  50  60  38  64  40 /  70  40  10  10   0
DEQ  45  59  34  63  33 /  60  20  10  10   0
TXK  46  58  36  62  37 /  70  20  10  10   0
ELD  46  59  36  64  36 /  70  20  10  10   0
TYR  47  57  39  65  38 /  60  40  20  10   0
GGG  49  59  39  65  39 /  60  40  20  10   0
LFK  57  62  43  65  41 /  60  40  20  10   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

09/06

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1142 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 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>167-231330-
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-
1142 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 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...

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. SCATTERED...TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME LIKELY LATER TODAY...AND LINGER
FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON
SUNDAY...AS ABUNDANT PACIFIC AND GULF MOISTURE OVERRUN THE SLOWLY
DEEPENING COOL AIR. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BUT SMALL HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SLOWLY
CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWARD DURING SUNDAY. LIGHT RAIN WILL END
OVERNIGHT OR BY SUNRISE ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE INTO OUR AREA WITH REINFORCEMENTS ON TUESDAY WITH LITTLE IF
ANY RAIN AND JUST INCREASING CLOUDS. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATE IN THE NEW WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AT THIS TIME...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1216 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2014

TXZ150-152-153-230600-
NACOGDOCHES-RUSK-SHELBY-
1216 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN TEXAS...
     NACOGDOCHES AND SHELBY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     RUSK...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     GARRISON...TIMPSON AND TRAWICK...

AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRAWICK...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
NACOGDOCHES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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