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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 28, 1987East Carroll Parish, Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 1987, 5:10 AM CST for East Carroll Parish, Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 85 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
Feb 28, 1987, 5:10 AM CST (11:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 1987, 6:35 AM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll 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
Feb 28, 5:15 AM CSTTornado F2West Carroll, 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, 11.2 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 1987-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1987-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Feb 28, 1:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Tensas70 min
Feb 28, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Sabine75 min
Feb 28, 2:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison55 min
Feb 28, 3:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln70 min
Feb 28, 3:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Winn70 min
Feb 28, 4:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.