Early during the morning of July 1st, a complex of strong to severe thunderstorms moved south of the Red River into North Central Texas. These storms weakened during the morning hours but a remnant outflow boundary across Northeast Texas combined with afternoon heating and moderate to high instability to produce additional severe thunderstorms across Northeast Texas.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Early during the morning of July 1st, a complex of strong to severe thunderstorms moved south of the Red River into North Central Texas. These storms weakened during the morning hours but a remnant outflow boundary across Northeast Texas combined with afternoon heating and moderate to high instability to produce additional severe thunderstorms across Northeast Texas. These storms propagated from west to east across Northeast Texas into portions of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas producing pockets of wind damage along its path. These storms also produced excessive heavy rainfall with some flooding reports also reported.
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 1, 9:55 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1055 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017 .DISCUSSION... Area of cold pool convection just west of cwa appears to be reorganising with increased ltg. Appears to be a weak frontal boundary east to west near I-20. Expecting a daytime propagation along this boundary as pcpn water values on RUC rising thru the day and most favorable 12z soundings for convection at kshv and kjan upper air sites. Have increased pops today, mainly centered along this corridor. Have tweaked daytime highs accordingly, mainly from mid 80s nw cwa, to mid 90s se cwa./07/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 623 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017/ AVIATION... A line of showers and a few thunderstorms were progressing east- southeast across ktyr and nearing keld and kmlu early this morning, resulting in CIGS bouncing around from VFR-LIFR. Once this rainfall ends at the terminals, it appears that CIGS will continue to bounce around through mid-late morning before scouring out and improving to VFR. However, will need to keep an eye on the cluster of storms noted well west of ktxk that if it holds together, could affect ktxk later this morning. Computer models hint at additional rainfall this aftn- tonight but exactly how it will evolve will be dependent on how this morning's convection have influenced the airmass. Elected to insert a VCTS at the terminals at this time, and will let later shifts look at radar trends later today and amend as necessary. Tonight, expecting CIGS to deteriorate to MVFR-IFR with a few terminals possibly being plagued by MVFR fog. How CIGS and VIS will behave will once again depend on if there is indeed lingering -SHRA/-TSRA around. Otherwise, south-southwest wind speeds of 7-10 kts is expected this afternoon before declining to below 5 kts and for some terminals, becoming light and variable. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 335 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017/ DISCUSSION... NW flow MCS has continued to make sewd progress early this morning, and storms thus far have remained sub-severe. Models not handling this swd progression very well attm, so there is some uncertainty as to what the first pd of the fcst will look like. Storms appear to be cold-pool dominant attm, so expect that they will eventually diminish over the next few hours. Most likely scenario is that redevelopment with daytime heating will take place later today as the trof/weak cold front push sewd. Area of best instability looks to set up over our ern portions of the region, and consequently this area will have the greatest chance to see a strong to severe storm or two. In addition to the possibility of thunderstorms today, heat index values are fcst to near 105 again for some areas, especially across E TX. Have held off on a Heat Advisory attm, as fcst convective coverage casts just enough doubt that indices meeting criteria will be widespread/temporally long enough to warrant the advisory. Models hinting at another round of convection late tonight/early Sunday morning, as another impulse dives sewd in nw flow aloft. Have kept PoPs below the likely mark, but this may be dependent upon what happens during the day today and will need to be reevaluated on the dayshift. Boundary to lift back n of the region as the upper trof departs to the e late Sunday into Monday. First half of the work week looks to be mostly convection-free, as the upper ridge noses in from the w. Temps will likely reach into the mid 90s as a result, and depending upon the dew points, we may need Heat Advisories. Another upper trof will round the nern periphery of the upper ridge Thursday, bringing a cold front and chances for tstms back to the region through the end of the pd. /12/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 91 75 94 75 / 50 20 10 10 MLU 96 75 95 74 / 30 30 20 10 DEQ 87 72 92 73 / 40 40 30 10 TXK 86 74 93 75 / 50 40 20 10 ELD 89 74 94 74 / 40 40 20 10 TYR 91 75 92 75 / 60 10 10 0 GGG 89 74 94 74 / 60 20 10 0 LFK 94 75 94 74 / 40 10 10 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1137 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-021645- 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- 1137 AM CDT Sat Jul 1 2017 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 persistent area of showers and thunderstorms was slowly moving eastward into northeast Texas late this morning. Elsewhere across hte area, showers and thunderstorms are forecast to redevelop later this afternoon, mainly along a nearly stationary boundary located roughly near the interstate 20 corridor. Although organized severe weather is not expected, a damaging wind gust or two cannot be ruled out entirely. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur at a few locations. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... Sunday another round of thunderstorms will be possible north of Interstate 20 mostly during the day. However, no severe weather is expected at this time. The first half of the work week is expected to be dry, but scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast to return to the region for Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio operators...and storm spotters is not anticipated through tonight. 07
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1237 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
TXZ124-136-011830-
Smith TX-Wood TX-
1237 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN
WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...
At 1236 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Chandler, or 12 miles west of Tyler, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Tyler, Mineola, Lindale, Hawkins, Hoard, Hainesville, Noonday,
Winona, Red Springs and Carroll.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3276 9542 3263 9520 3240 9505 3218 9546
3220 9546 3223 9549 3225 9547 3226 9547
3230 9545 3231 9546 3236 9545 3239 9550
3242 9551 3248 9559 3255 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 225DEG 40KT 3233 9552
06Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1259 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
TXZ136-149-011845-
Smith TX-Cherokee TX-
1259 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
At 1259 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Bullard, or 12 miles southwest of Whitehouse, moving
east northeast at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Tyler, Jacksonville, Whitehouse, Overton, Bullard, Troup, Arp, Mount
Selman, Mixon, Reese, New Summerfield, New Chapel Hill, Cuney,
Teaselville and Concord.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3219 9546 3243 9499 3202 9498 3187 9543
3190 9544 3193 9542 3196 9545 3199 9545
3201 9543 3204 9544 3205 9542 3206 9544
3209 9543 3215 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 245DEG 45KT 3212 9538
07The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:15 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong wind gusts lifted the roof off the Tyler Commercial Kitchens along Hwy. 64 west northwest of Tyler, Texas.
Trees were uprooted and snapped at the intersection of Hwy. 64 and County Road 4156 near the Selman City area.
Trees were downed on Hwy. 323 between New London and Henderson, Texas.
Trees were down area wide on County Road 2208 in Marion, Texas.
Several trees were downed in and around the Waskom, Texas community.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2017
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: 697620, 697621, 697622, 697624, 697628.