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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 4, 1989Hempstead County, Little River County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1989, 7:01 AM CDT for Hempstead County, Little River County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 84 min. 5 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: May 4, 1989, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 1989, 8:25 AM CDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR

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

Time	Report	Where
May 4, 7:15 AM CDT	Hail 1	Little River, AR
May 4, 7:30 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Hempstead, AR
May 4, 7:30 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Hempstead, AR
May 4, 7:38 AM CDT	Hail 1	Miller, AR
May 4, 7:38 AM CDT	Hail 0.88	Miller, AR

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 text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 2:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 3:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 5:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 6:11 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	57 min
May 4, 8:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Morehouse, Ouachita	69 min
May 4, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	60 min
May 4, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	60 min
May 4, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Richland	94 min
May 4, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland	93 min
May 4, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	East Carroll, West Carroll	93 min
May 4, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	100 min
May 4, 10:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin, Madison, Tensas	99 min
May 4, 10:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell	99 min
May 4, 7:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	84 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1989 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.