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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 19, 1988Franklin Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1988, 9:59 AM CST for Franklin Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 1988, 9:59 AM CST (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 1988, 11:00 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 12:00Z on 1988-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1224 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 12:00Z on 1988-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
1224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.8

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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
Jan 19, 1:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Natchitoches, Red River75 min
Jan 19, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln65 min
Jan 19, 3:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorehouse, Ouachita, Union65 min
Jan 19, 4:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson70 min
Jan 19, 4:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union70 min
Jan 19, 6:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine70 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.