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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 12, 1986Franklin Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1986, 2:35 AM CST for Franklin Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 70 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 1986, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 1986, 3:45 AM CST
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 2:45 AM CSTHail 1Franklin, LA

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1986-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1549 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1986-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln65 min
Mar 11, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo65 min
Mar 12, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson65 min
Mar 12, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River65 min
Mar 12, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union65 min
Mar 12, 1:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Winn65 min
Mar 12, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita65 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.