With the departure of an upper level ridge that resulted in oppressive heat across the Ark-La-Tex area in the preceding days, the upper flow aloft became more southwest during the daytime hours on June 23rd, ahead of an upper level trough and associated cold front that shifted east southeast across Oklahoma and Arkansas. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed by mid and late…
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With the departure of an upper level ridge that resulted in oppressive heat across the Ark-La-Tex area in the preceding days, the upper flow aloft became more southwest during the daytime hours on June 23rd, ahead of an upper level trough and associated cold front that shifted east southeast across Oklahoma and Arkansas. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed by mid and late afternoon across portions of East Texas and North Louisiana ahead of this upper trough and associated cold front, where the air mass destablized significantly given the hot and humid air mass in place. Some of these storms were severe, which downed trees and power lines during the mid and late afternoon hours. Meanwhile, the remnants of a mesoscale convective system (MCS) that moved across Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma earlier that morning helped to initiate another complex of showers and thunderstorms by early evening over Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas, which intensified across portions of East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the evening through the early morning hours of June 24th. Some of these storms were also severe, producing damaging winds which also downed more trees and power lines across portions of North Louisiana.
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 Jun 23, 3:11 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
411 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019
.SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Monday Night/
A very moist and unstable airmass, combined with unseasonally stg
low lvl shear, with good potential for increasing tstms to begin
becmg svr. In addition to airmass tstm increases, an intense solid
line of east to west stg to svr tstms along cold front boundary
will slowly sag into the area. For this reason, a svr tstm watch
in effect for se OK, most of sw AR and extreme ne corner of TX.
Meanwhile, Flash Flood Watch for extreme northern sections of area
have been expanded e-se to include all of sw AR and extreme ne
corner of TX until 12z Monday although should be a marginal
flooding event. Southerly breeze 10 to 15 kts should gradually
decrease and increasing cloud cover should provide some relief
from heat indices in area rising to 100 to 105 with dewpoints into
mid to upper 70s.
After tonight, models are all over the place with nam dragging
cold front thru much of area, and dewppoints and overnight lows
falling well into the 60s. Other models moving front off to the
east with only outflow boundaries providing a temporary relief to
heat, and allowing at least for low pop redevelopment Monday and
Monday night, unlike nam./07/.
.LONG TERM.../Tuesday through Sunday night/
The forecast period begins with a broad ridge centered over the
eastern Gulf with a zonal flow across much of the CONUS. Between the
two features, locally, our area will be in a southwesterly flow with
a short wave progged to cross our area early in the day on Tuesday.
After the initial short wave on Tuesday, a more pronounced short
wave trough will slowly slide into the area and close off as a low
Wednesday through Friday. Forcing from this feature will provide a
high chance of showers and thunderstorms each day. With diurnally
driven storms potentially being slow moving under this feature, an
enhanced flash flooding threat is anticipated through this period
with thunderstorms. The feature will remain across the area into the
weekend, with low-level moisture only increasing, so anticipate the
chance of thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall to continue
across the area.
Temps will be a few degrees below normal Tuesday into Wednesday as
the initial trough moves across the area and the next trough closes
off as a low. High temps will be near normal (upper 80s to lower
90s) late this week into the weekend.
/04-Woodrum/
&&
PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 1246 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019/
AVIATION...
Isold showers have begun to develop across most of the area under
an very moist and unstable airmass. As mid lvl capping inversion
continues to weaken, tstm growth may occur very rapidly by mid
aftn. Main threat will be damaging wind gusts along with heavy
downpours and fqt lgt. Large hail expected within storms which may
or may not reach ground in stgr cells. Winds outside of storms
from s-ssw 10 to 15 kts with gusts over 20 kts expected. Cloud
cover outside of convection becmg scattered. In addition to tstm
cell development this aftn, a line of storms associated with an
elevated cold front, will move swd from OK and into nrn portions
of cwa btwn 24/01-03z, and move into ktxk around 24/04z, and
remaining terminals btwn 24/05-08z. Winds may gust 40 to 50 kts in
stgr storms. Storms should be over by around 24/12z with mvfr cigs
becmg vfr by or shortly before 24/18z fcst cycle. However,
convection may redevelop after the 24/18z time frame./07/.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 72 87 73 87 / 70 30 30 30
MLU 73 88 72 89 / 80 40 20 40
DEQ 69 84 70 85 / 100 20 20 40
TXK 69 84 71 85 / 80 20 20 50
ELD 71 86 71 86 / 90 30 20 50
TYR 72 85 73 87 / 60 20 40 40
GGG 73 86 73 87 / 70 20 40 40
LFK 75 88 75 91 / 70 40 40 30
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for ARZ050-051-059.
Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for ARZ060-061-070>073.
LA...Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for LAZ006.
OK...Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for OKZ077.
TX...Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for TXZ096-097.
&&Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 116 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019 ARZ072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ108>112-124>126-136>138- 149>153-165>167-241830- Columbia-Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-De Soto- Red River-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn- Grant-Caldwell-La Salle-Franklin-Titus-Camp-Morris-Cass-Wood- Upshur-Marion-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk-Panola- Nacogdoches-Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine- 116 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Arkansas, southwest Arkansas, north central Louisiana, northwest Louisiana, east Texas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... A frontal boundary will push southeast into the area this afternoon into tonight, bringing two rounds of severe weather. The first round, late this afternoon into the early evening hours will bring the threat of damaging winds and large hail. The second round, late this evening into the overnight hours will bring the threat of damaging winds with embedded isolated tornadoes possible. Localized flash flooding will be possible this evening and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... An unsettled pattern will setup over the Four State Region for the upcoming week. For the most part, daytime heating will lead to the chance for showers and thunderstorms to remain in the forecast through next weekend. Some of the stronger storms may produce locally gusty winds and brief, heavy rainfall each day. Localized flash flooding will be possible with slower moving storms through this period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters is requested this afternoon through Monday morning. ARZ060-061-070-071-TXZ096-097-241830- Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette-Red River-Bowie- 116 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... A frontal boundary will push southeast into the area this afternoon into tonight, bringing two rounds of severe weather. The first round, this afternoon, will bring the threat of damaging winds and large hail. The second round, late this evening into the overnight hours will bring the threat of damaging winds with embedded isolated tornadoes possible. Localized flash flooding will be possible through this period. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... An unsettled pattern will setup over the Four State Region for the upcoming week. For the most part, daytime heating will lead to the chance for showers and thunderstorms to remain in the forecast through next weekend. Some of the stronger storms may produce locally gusty winds and brief, heavy rainfall each day. Localized flash flooding will be possible with slower moving storms through this period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters is requested this afternoon through tonight. ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-241830- Sevier-Howard-Little River-McCurtain- 116 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... A frontal boundary will push southeast into the area this afternoon into tonight, bringing two rounds of severe weather. The first round, this afternoon, will bring the threat of damaging winds and large hail. The second round, late this evening into the overnight hours will bring the threat of damaging winds with embedded isolated tornadoes possible. Flash flooding will be possible through this period. Flash flooding will be possible this evening and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... An unsettled pattern will setup over the Four State Region for the upcoming week. For the most part, daytime heating will lead to the chance for showers and thunderstorms to remain in the forecast through next weekend. Some of the stronger storms may produce locally gusty winds and brief, heavy rainfall each day. Localized flash flooding will be possible with slower moving storms through this period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters is requested this afternoon through tonight. 04
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</html>The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A telephone pole was blown down across Greenwood Road (Highway 79) at the corner of Rice Road.
A tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 169 and South Lakeshore Drive.
A power line was downed on Missouri Avenue between Myrtle Street and Logan Street.
A power line was downed at the intersection of Corbitt Street and Fairfax Avenue.
Trees were downed in the East Bank District of Bossier City.
A tree was downed onto a power line near the intersection of Old Brownlee Road and Wemple Road.
Trees were downed on Highway 162 east of Benton.
Trees were downed just north of Dixie Inn along Doc Steed Road.
Trees were blown down on Highway 371 near the Golf Course in the Cullen community.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Dorcheat Road and Highway 160.
Trees were blown down on Highway 147 just inside Lincoln Parish.
A tree was blown down onto Mira Scotts Slough Road between Highway 71 and Gilliam Scotts Slough Road.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 507 and Highway 815.
Trees were downed at the intersection of 2nd Street and Woodland Drive in Simsboro.
Trees were downed at the intersection of Highway 544 and Highway 563.
Trees were downed at the intersection of Highway 146 and Singleton Road.
Numerous trees were downed throughout the Downsville community.
Trees were down in the community of Rocky Branch.
Pictures from social media revealed structural damage to the River of Life Church in Goldonna.
Trees and power lines were downed along Highway 156 about 3 miles west of the Calvin community.
Widespread wind damage was reported in the Clarks community, with numerous trees uprooted, some of which fell onto homes, and telephone poles and power lines downed as well.
Widespread wind damage was reported in the Holum community, with numerous trees blown down, and telephone poles and power lines downed as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2019
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: 832439, 832441, 832443, 832444, 832447, 832445, 832448, 832453, 832449, 832450, 832455, 832461, 832456, 832457, 832458, 832459, 832462, 832468, 832463, 832464, 832472, 832474.