Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 12, 1986, 1:35 AM CST (07:35 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 1986, 2:40 AM CST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
135 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 240 AM CST   FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN

NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...OUACHITA..JACKSON...CALDWELL

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS RAMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST HALF OF
NATCHITOCHES AND WINN PARISHES...NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SABINE
PARISH.

AT 135 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS
SHOWING A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF
HAMBURG ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES WEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO THE JONES
BORO AREA TO SOUTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES TO NEAR DERIDDER LOUISIANA.
.
THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ALONG ITS NORTHERN FLANK AND NAR
60 MPH ALOG THAT PART FROM SOUTHWEST OF MONROE TO WEST OF WINNFIELD
TO WEST OF ALEXANDRIA.

HIGH DAMAGIN$G WINDS LIKELY WITH THAT PART OF THE LINE WITH POSSIBLE
TORNADOES.

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF THE LINE OVER
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA.

In the hours before

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
755 PM CST TUE MAR 11 1986

TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX...
INCLUDES SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 755 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS
SHOWING A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
TO THE RED RIVER TO WEST OF HUGO ACROSS THE RED RIVER TO NEAR GREEN-
VILLE TEXAS TO THE WACO AREA. THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 40 MPH.
SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG PARTS OF THE LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER EXTREME NORTH
EAST TEXAS INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM
NEAR MENA ARKANSAS TO NEAR DEQUEEN AND FROM NORTH OF BATTIEST IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO SOUTHWEST OF IDABEL. THESE STORMS WERE ON THE
INCREASE AND SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

AS THE STRONG SYSTEM OVER NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS APPROCHES THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS RAPIDLY WITHIN
THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS ONLY IN AFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE ARKLATEX...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH LOUISIANA AND THE
ADJACENT AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.