Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed along a southeast moving cold front across Northwest Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours of Monday, February 15th. Lift was produced by an upper level trough which moved south and east out of the Southern Plains and into the Lower Mississippi Valley.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed along a southeast moving cold front across Northwest Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours of Monday, February 15th. Lift was produced by an upper level trough which moved south and east out of the Southern Plains and into the Lower Mississippi Valley. Cold temperatures aloft resulted in many of these storms producing small hail, mostly pea to half inch size. These thunderstorms were also prolific cloud to ground lightning producers. There were a few reports of lightning hitting structures across Northwest Louisiana during the morning hours of February 15th. These showers and thunderstorms spread farther southeast along the front during the late morning hours, with an isolated severe thunderstorm producing damaging winds which blew solar panels off of a home in Natchitoches.
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 Feb 15, 7:24 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 724 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 .DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS MORNING A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER EAST TEXAS ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN TYLER AND LONGVIEW TEXAS WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY REACHING TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE LOUISIANA/ARKANSAS BORDER AND INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI... WHILE A COLD FRONT TRAILED SOUTHWEST FROM THE CENTER INTO WEST TEXAS INTO ANOTHER SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. ALOFT A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND PROVIDING A NUDGE TO THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEMS. /06/ && .AVIATION... FOR THE 15/12Z TERMINAL FORECAST...IFR/MVFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AND FORECAST TERMINALS...ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR AND NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS EAST INTO ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA THE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES AND SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND OUT OF THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION RETURNING VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT AND BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AFTER PASSAGE. WIND RETURN TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND NEAR CALM DURING THE EVENING AND QUICKLY BACK TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST BY EARLY TUESDAY. /06 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 419 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016/ DISCUSSION... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN ONGOING MOST OF THE NIGHT ALONG A STALLED COLD FRONT LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHWEST WOOD COUNTY...TO NEAR ATLANTA TX...TO NORTH OF MAGNOLIA AR AND FARTHER TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. MOST OF THE PRECIP IS POST FRONTAL BUT HAS BEEN SHOWING SOME FAIRLY STRONG RAIN RATES. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY DIVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE OVER THE ARKLATEX BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE APPROACH OF THE TROUGH SHOULD CONTINUE TO RESULT IN CONVECTION ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT AS WELL AS IN SOME ADDITIONAL SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS AND OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING BRINGING RAIN CHANCES TO A QUICK END. THE NAM WAS GENERALLY PREFERRED WITH REGARDS TO POPS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS PREVIOUS RUNS HAVE SEEMED TO VERIFY WELL. THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDORS. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE FEW IMPACTS OTHER THAN A SHIFT IN WIND DIRECTION. LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND MOISTURE WILL KEEP THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE DRY. NO RAIN AND SHARPLY WARMING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THIS WEEK AS THE AXIS OF AN UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. STRONG SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS LEE OF THE ROCKIES SHOULD RESULT IN SOME GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE EFFECTS OF TODAY'S RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY BE SHORT-LIVED AND SOILS ARE STILL RELATIVELY DRY. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF DEGREES OF WARMTH. THEREFORE...HAVE GENERALLY TRENDED A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE VALUES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MANY LOCATIONS COULD SEE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE 80 DEGREES F. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR RAIN APPEARS TO BE NEXT SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING IT WILL BE A FAIRLY SIMILAR SETUP TO WHAT WE ARE HAVING TODAY. /09/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 62 44 75 41 / 70 10 0 0 MLU 62 40 70 39 / 70 10 0 0 DEQ 63 37 69 36 / 50 0 0 0 TXK 62 42 70 38 / 80 0 0 0 ELD 58 40 70 39 / 80 10 0 0 TYR 67 46 74 42 / 40 0 0 0 GGG 65 43 74 41 / 60 0 0 0 LFK 71 44 75 45 / 50 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 607 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 LAZ019>022-161200- WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE- 607 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM COLFAX TO MONROE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACH THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017-018-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-161200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES- MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR- MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- 607 AM CST MON FEB 15 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACH THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 09
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 913 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 LAZ001-002-151600- BOSSIER LA-CADDO LA- 913 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CADDO AND SOUTHWESTERN BOSSIER PARISHES UNTIL 1000 AM CST... AT 912 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST SHREVEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...GREENWOOD...EASTWOOD...FOSTERS...RED CHUTE... FORBING...FERGUSON...BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE...SLIGO...BODCAU AND CROSS LAKE. LAT...LON 3232 9391 3249 9400 3267 9362 3243 9350 TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 245DEG 49KT 3244 9387 13
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:29 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home on Crighton Ridge in the Autumn Ridge subdivision in North Bossier City.
Lightning struck a home in the Chez Moi Garden Subdivision in North Bossier City.
Strong winds blew down solar panels off of a home in Natchitoches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 612151, 612152, 613898.