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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 15, 1987Gregg County, Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1987, 3:28 PM CDT for Gregg County, Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 15, 1987, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1987, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX

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
Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDTHail 0.88Harrison, TX
Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Harrison, TX
Jun 15, 3:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rusk, TX

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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 6 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1183 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Rusk55 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Marion55 min
Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola60 min

Nearby

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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.