Showers and thunderstorms developed due to a disturbance which moved towards the region in northwest flow aloft. These storms developed with a moderate to severely unstable atmosphere present with afternoon temperatures well into the 90s and surface dewpoints in the 70s.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed due to a disturbance which moved towards the region in northwest flow aloft. These storms developed with a moderate to severely unstable atmosphere present with afternoon temperatures well into the 90s and surface dewpoints in the 70s. Once the initial storms developed...additional storms developed along residual outflow boundaries. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts were the main results from this convection.
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 30, 2:42 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 342 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 .DISCUSSION... Upper level shortwave across eastern OK/western AR has provided for large scale ascent with ample lift to generate scattered showers and thunderstorms. Due to the placement of the trough, most of the convection is confined along and north of I-30 but some additional showers and storms have developed farther south across east Texas and north Louisiana. A few storms north of I-30 have even become severe across SE OK/SW AR near the base of the shortwave trough where lift is stronger, sufficient to produce quarter size hail. Expect a general downward trend in convection later this evening as heating is lost with sunset, and slight chance pops will cover any lingering showers/storms through the late evening/overnight period. The upper ridge along the Gulf coast will become more influential on Sunday with mostly diurnal convection during the afternoon and early evening hours, mainly in south Arkansas and north Louisiana. The strengthening upper ridge across the region will spell hotter and drier conditions for the upcoming week. Rain chances will not be eliminated entirely, but expect only isolated coverage during the daytime hours of peak heating. The climb in temperatures back into the upper 90s will likely warrant heat advisories once again for much of the week. Aside from that, the only other focus will be close monitoring of the tropics as one disturbance now entering the Caribbean may approach the Yucantan by the end of the week. /19/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 213 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016/ AVIATION... For the 30/18Z terminal forecast period expecting mostly VFR flight categories away from the expected showers and thunderstorms that will be developing in the rest of the afternoon and lingering into the early evening. much of the convection will be along and north of interstate 20 but have added mention of VCTS/TEMPO in the forecast for each terminal from around 30/19Z until around 31/00Z. Surface winds will be West to Southwest 5-10 knots and more gusty near storms...lowering to light and variable to light South overnight. /06/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 76 96 77 96 / 20 20 10 20 MLU 74 94 76 95 / 20 30 20 30 DEQ 72 94 74 95 / 20 30 10 20 TXK 75 95 77 96 / 20 20 10 20 ELD 73 94 76 95 / 20 30 10 30 TYR 77 97 77 97 / 10 10 10 10 GGG 76 96 77 97 / 20 20 10 20 LFK 75 95 76 96 / 20 20 10 20 && .SHV Watches/Warnings/Advisories... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && 19/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1136 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-311645- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-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- 1136 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 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... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOULD BE OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY OVER LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES BY THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
235 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
OKZ077-302015-
MCCURTAIN OK-
235 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR RINGOLD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRIGHT CITY...RUFE...BETHEL...GLOVER...RINGOLD AND SLIM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3437 9484 3407 9482 3404 9516 3424 9515
3425 9505 3431 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 251DEG 9KT 3420 9506
06PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
304 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM HAIL RINGOLD 34.22N 95.13W
07/30/2016 E1.00 INCH MCCURTAIN OK PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600664
20SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 309 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 OKZ077-302115- MCCURTAIN OK- 309 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 308 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN BOW...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE QUEEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOUNT HERMAN...SHERWOOD AND HOCHATOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3416 9447 3412 9483 3432 9485 3441 9446 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 255DEG 12KT 3424 9475 06
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
359 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
ARZ051-060-061-302145-
NEVADA AR-HOWARD AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-
359 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD...
NORTHWESTERN NEVADA AND NORTHERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 358 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NASHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NASHVILLE...MINERAL SPRINGS...DIERKS...BLEVINS...TOLLETTE...
WASHINGTON...CORINTH...SARATOGA...CENTER POINT...MCCASKILL...OZAN...
MUDDY FORK AND BRIGHT STAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 3418 9382 3401 9382 3401 9375 3398 9365
3396 9362 3395 9353 3396 9347 3395 9342
3396 9338 3389 9330 3388 9330 3367 9396
3374 9397 3374 9395 3377 9397 3378 9396
3385 9402 3411 9409 3419 9388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 240DEG 49KT 3394 9383
20SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
ARZ051-302200-
HOWARD AR-
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...
AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
UMPIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UMPIRE AND ATHENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 3435 9394 3427 9394 3426 9392 3422 9392
3419 9400 3434 9412 3435 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 237DEG 24KT 3431 9398
20The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were downed across the city of Hope, Arkansas.
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