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FXUS64 KSHV 252100
AFDSHV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2025
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING
THIS SHORT-TERM FORECAST PERIOD WITH ALL SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS
POSSIBLE.
- LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT-LINE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE THREATS, WITH INCREASING CONFIDENCE OF A POTENTIALLY HIGH
END WIND EVENT OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
- A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR-STATE REGION FROM
THIS EVENING THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY WITH RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING
BETWEEN 2-4 INCHES AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PERIOD IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION OVER MUCH
OF THE NEXT WEEK, ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT-TERM WITH SEVERE WEATHER
AND FLOODING IMPACTS EXPECTED. BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING, THE VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE IS ALREADY
YIELDING STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION ACROSS PARTS OF ARKANSAS AND
OKLAHOMA, PROMPTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HEADLINES TO INCLUDE
MANY OF OUR SW ARKANSAS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
THIS CONVECTION IS LARGELY OCCURRING NEAR AND ALONG A STATIONARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR NORTH WHILE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION HAS
BEGUN TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. GIVEN THE ROBUST HEATING
AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON, THESE PULSE THUNDERSTORMS
AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF SW ARKANSAS. AS
WE MOVE INTO THE EARLY EVENING, THE LINE OF DEVELOPING CONVECTION
TO OUR NORTH WILL ALSO TAKE AIM ON OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AND MAY
TRIGGER ADDITIONAL OUTFLOWS AHEAD OF IT.
LOOKING A BIT LATER ON AND ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, YET ANOTHER
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX APPEARS POISED TO TAKE AIM ON OUR REGION FROM
THE WEST WITH A HEIGHTENED CONCERN OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS BASED ON THE CONSISTENCY OF A LOT OF THE HI-RES MODEL
GUIDANCE. THIS COMPLEX IS PROGGED TO TRACK PARALLEL ALONG THE
MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR IN NORTH
CENTRAL TX BEFORE EXPANDING FARTHER SOUTH AS IT ENTERS OUR REGION
THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON MEMORIAL DAY. THERE ARE SOME
INDICATIONS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE A LONG-LIVED WIND EVENT,
RAISING CONCERNS OF POWER OUTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH ANY WIDESPREAD
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
AS IF THE POTENTIAL SEVERE CONCERNS AREN'T ENOUGH AT THIS POINT,
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROSPECTS OF REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. WITH THAT IN MIND, HAVE ISSUED
A FLOOD WATCH AREAWIDE THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF FURTHER EXTENSIONS BASED ON ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FORECASTED FOR
LATER IN THE WEEK. FOR NOW, IT APPEARS THE STALLED BOUNDARY TO OUR
NORTH WILL FINALLY GAIN ENOUGH UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT TO SHIFT SOUTH
INTO OUR REGION BY LATE TUESDAY BEFORE ADVANCING TOWARD THE COAST
BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
/19/
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2025
THE AFOREMENTIONED SFC BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO STALL ALONG THE GULF
COAST WITH A SECONDARY FRONT FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND IT. COMBINED
WITH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH AXIS DIGGING FARTHER SOUTH AND ADDITIONAL
DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER-LEVEL FLOW PATTERN, RAINFALL
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MID TO LATE WEEK.
AS A RESULT, THE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST IN
ADDITION TO INCREASING HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE ACROSS OUR AREA LAKES
AND RIVERS.
THIS UNSETTLED PATTERN MAY FINALLY BEGIN TO EASE BY NEXT WEEKEND
AS THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AXIS PIVOTS EASTWARD INTO THE SE CONUS
AND ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. UNTIL THEN, EXPECT THIS ACTIVE
PATTERN TO PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK WITH MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IT'S PROBABLY GOES
WITHOUT SAYING, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH MILDER
COMPARED TO THIS PAST WEEK IF THERE'S ANY SILVER LINING IN THIS
FORECAST.
/19/
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1225 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2025
FOR THE 25/18Z TAFS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO
DEVELOP ACROSS EAST TEXAS AIRSPACE, POTENTIALLY BRINGING BRIEF
IMPACTS TO KLFK, KTYR AND KGGG. MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH INTO THIS EVENING, BEGINNING A
MORE CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF IMPACTS TO ALL AREA TERMINALS,
REFLECTED AS TSRA IN PREVAILING WX GROUPS. CIGS WILL DETERIORATE
ACCORDINGLY, FROM THE LOWER VFR CU FIELD THIS AFTERNOON TO MVFR
AS STORMS ARRIVE THIS EVENING, PREVAILING THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE PERIOD. VSBY DETERIORATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL, DURING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 KTS TONIGHT, BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY
AND EASTERLY TOMORROW, WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 20 KTS POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT, AND LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
/26/
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
ISSUED AT 333 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2025
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME, BUT MAY BE NEEDED
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND EVEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE FOUR STATE REGION.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SHV 74 89 72 87 / 50 60 70 70
MLU 72 87 71 85 / 40 60 50 80
DEQ 67 80 65 81 / 80 70 80 40
TXK 71 85 68 83 / 70 70 80 60
ELD 68 84 66 83 / 60 70 70 70
TYR 72 86 69 84 / 50 70 80 60
GGG 71 88 68 84 / 50 70 80 70
LFK 74 92 70 88 / 20 50 70 70
SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AR...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.
LA...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.
OK...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR OKZ077.
TX...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.
SHORT TERM...19
LONG TERM....19
AVIATION...26
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