A moist and unstable airmass was present during late evening through the early morning hours on March 13th-14th across East Texas, ahead of a cold front and associated vigorous upper level trough which moved into the Plains earlier in the day on the 13th. Strong forcing along the upper trough developed near and just ahead of the cold front, resulting in a line of strong to severe thunderstorms…
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A moist and unstable airmass was present during late evening through the early morning hours on March 13th-14th across East Texas, ahead of a cold front and associated vigorous upper level trough which moved into the Plains earlier in the day on the 13th. Strong forcing along the upper trough developed near and just ahead of the cold front, resulting in a line of strong to severe thunderstorms developing along the front across Eastcentral Texas after 1 am on the 14th. These storms produced numerous reports of damaging winds which downed trees and power lines across much of East Texas, as well as several instances of small hail. In the aftermath of these storms, more than 6,000 customers of Oncor, SWEPCO, Upshur Rural Electric, and Wood County Rural Electric were without power.
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 Mar 14, 12:25 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 125 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019 .UPDATE... Update to clean up wording removing mention of convection which exited area to the ne around midnight, and at the same time introducing pops and wx to reflect line stg tstms entering western cwa in assoc with pre frontal trough. These storms will gradually weaken with corresponding gradual decrease in pops as they move east across the area. Also removed the mention of fog over ne TX which mixed out with approach of trough./07/. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 1208 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019/ AVIATION... Cigs have fallen to ifr across most terminals across the area except for low vfr to high mvfr still prevailing at kmlu. Patchy dense fog is possible across mainly ne TX, however as additional mixing occurs with approach of a prefrontal trough, this fog and some of the stratus may mix out. A line of tstms expected to begin firing up quickly along the trough as it approaches ktyr terminal from the west by around 07-0730z. These storms may then begin to weaken as they approach the ktxk and kshv terminals. South winds increasing to 10 to 20 kts with higher gusts and then shift to sw and finally west as skies becmg vfr skc durg mrng. Vfr skc will then continue thru end of 15/06z fcst expiration with winds becmg nw around 5 kts by 15/00z./07/. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 957 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019/ UPDATE... Have made svrl changes on eve update. Winds have dropped off dramatically in wake of trough that is just exiting eastern portions of the area. Have dropped LWA that was in effect areawide until 1 am. This same trough will carry most convection to the east and ne of area after midnight. Stg southerly flow just south of cwa carrying low clouds quickly nwd into region. Areas of dense fog also developing around east TX lakes but as additional low clouds move into area, expect less in way of fog after midnight. A prefrontal trough movg into the area from the west just after midight with a narrow line of convection beginning to quickly develop as it merges into higher dewpoint, still in lower to middle 60s across much of LA. For this reason, storms may become sfc based with stg shear still in place and this scenario will need to be closely watched although no svr wording in current fcst as of yet. Have lowered overnight lows per current trends as some temps dipped to slightly below fcst. However, as this trough approaches, expect temps to remain steady or possible slowly rise. As svrl changes unfolding durg the course of the overnight, update will be sent at 1 am to change wording in wx, fog, and winds. Unless stg storms begin to develop along trough in which case the next update will be sent before that time./07/. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 658 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019/ AVIATION... Broadening band of convection very slowly shifting east across the region and will continue across keld and kmlu until near 14/06z. Sfc winds outside of convection mainly from the south with highly vrbl wind speeds although non convective wind gusts of 25 kts possible, and stgr cells could produce wind gusts over 40 kts. Low mvfr cigs may occur in wake of convection in southerly flow and where clouds diminish and winds decrease for brief periods of time, fog development also possible in eve hours. In addition, an additional prefrontal trough may ignite a narrow line of convection near the TX/LA state line around 14/09z. After this trough moves thru, vfr skc finally spreading east across the area as sw winds becmg west at 10 to 20 kts, with higher gusts possible, especially across nw sections of cwa including ktxk terminal./07/. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 436 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019/ SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Thursday night/ The aforementioned upper trough has ejected out into the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle region and western Kansas. The associated sfc low also continues to strengthen over the same region, bringing blizzard conditions to the front range of the Rockies. A QLCS has developed along the trailing Pacific front, which has slowly moved across the region today. As of this moment, there has been no reports of severe wx across the region, but winds 40-45 mph have been observed across East TX/SW Arkansas/NW Louisiana. Movement of this system has slowed considerably as it tracks aross southern Arkansas and North and Central Louisiana this afternoon. Due to this, a slight potential for severe weather remains along the QLCS this evening, as shear profiles and marginal instability could provide damaging winds in possible bowing segments along the line. Still expecting the strongest convection to exit the region by late evening tonight. A Flash Flood threat still remains due to the slow movement of the line and the adequate deep layer moisture associated with this system. Also, decided to leave a Lake Wind Advisory in place until 1 am tonight, as southerly winds 15-20 mph, will continue across the region in several areas. The cold front will likely stall or washout across portions of northeast and central Louisiana this evening, which will keep scattered showers and a few thunderstorms in the forecast mainly southeast of a line from Lufkin TX, to Shreveport, to Magnolia AR. Another stronger cold front will arrive from the northwest early Thursday morning. Short-range models suggest another line of convection will develop along this front as it rapidly pushes through the region early Thursday morning. The front and associated precipitation should clear the region by lunch time tomorrow, and northwest winds will bring in much drier and cooler conditions. Overnight lows Thursday night/Friday morning will bottom out in the upper 30s north of Interstate 30, and in the low to mid 40s across the remainder of the region. /20 LONG TERM...LONG TERM.../Friday morning through Wednesday morning/ The beginning of the period will start off with the upper trough moving out and surface high pressure building in from the west. As the weekend progresses the surface high will move east from the Texas Panhandle and center over the ArkLaTex region. The surface high shifts east as we reach the end of the period. Our area will remain under zonal flow throughout the forecast period. Temperatures will average slightly below normal through the beginning of next week with no chance of precipitation. Then, temperatures will warm to near normal late in the forecast period. /35/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 43 58 39 58 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 45 60 40 57 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 37 56 34 59 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 39 56 35 57 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 42 58 36 57 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 41 56 37 57 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 41 58 37 58 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 44 60 41 59 / 0 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1049 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141200- 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- 1049 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019 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...Tonight... Additional strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late tonight through the predawn hours across portions of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and extreme Northwest Louisiana. These thunderstorms will form along and ahead of a strong cold front. Large hail and strong wind gusts will be the primary threats, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... A few thunderstorms will be possible early Thursday until a stronger cold front moves across the area ushering considerably drier and colder air into the region. The stronger storms could produce brief heavy rainfall. However, no severe weather is anticipated at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be necessary for Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, Northeast Texas and extreme Northwest Louisiana late tonight through the predawn hours Thursday morning. 13
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
132 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019
ARZ050-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108-109-111-140715-
Sevier AR-Little River AR-McCurtain OK-Bowie TX-Red River TX-
Franklin TX-Morris TX-Titus TX-
132 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER...
SOUTHERN SEVIER...SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...
NORTHWESTERN BOWIE...NORTHWESTERN MORRIS...NORTHERN TITUS AND
SOUTHERN RED RIVER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...
At 132 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Idabel to Hagansport.
Movement was east at 45 mph.
Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Clarksville, Foreman, Hagansport, Boxelder, De Kalb, Bogata,
Winthrop, Ben Lomond, Arkinda, Wilkerson, Dalby Springs, Talco,
Avery, Oak Grove, Annona, Haworth, Moon, Beaverdams, Lydia and
Goodlake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 9531 3392 9470 3390 9405 3389 9405
3330 9477 3330 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 267DEG 41KT 3382 9472 3336 9525
13The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:20 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were downed across Northern Smith County.
Numerous power lines were downed throughout much of Upshur County as well as the city of Gilmer.
A home was damaged by a large tree in South Tyler.
Penny size hail was reported in Southeast Tyler.
Power lines were downed in the Diana community.
Trees and power lines were downed in Overton.
A large tree was blown down on Highway 729 near Lake O' the Pines.
Significant tree damage, structural damage, and vehicle damage was reported in Kilgore as a result of a downburst. Numerous power lines were downed.
Large pine trees 1.5 - 2 feet in diameter were downed near Kilgore Intermediate School.
A 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the East Texas Regional Airport.
Trees and power lines were downed in Henderson.
Winds were estimated at 65 mph on Highway 43 near Rosborough Springs Road. Small hail was reported as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 806148, 806149, 806150, 806151, 806152, 806156, 806153, 806154, 806155, 806157, 806158, 806159.