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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 27, 1990Bowie County, Texas; Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1990, 2:54 AM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 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: May 27, 1990, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 1990, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie 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

Time	Report	Where
May 27, 3:15 AM CDT	Hail 1	Sevier, AR
May 27, 3:20 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Howard, AR
May 27, 3:34 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Bowie, 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 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 27, 12:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 1:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 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 27, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	55 min
May 27, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	85 min
May 27, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn	90 min
May 27, 11:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	3 hr
May 27, 11:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison	3 hr
May 27, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Rusk	85 min
May 27, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Pike	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1990 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.