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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 25, 1990De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Panola County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 7:06 PM CDT for De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Panola County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Jun 25, 1990, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Panola 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 25, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0De Soto, 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2311 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

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, Jun 25, 1:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-252000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
148 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

AT 145 PM SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
ALONG THE JACKSON-OUACHITA PARISH LINE BETWEEN MONROE AND JONESBORO.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON THE WINN-CALDWELL PARISH
LINE WEST OF COLUMBIA.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
JACKSON...OUACHITA AND CALDWELL PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS
SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF MT. PLEASANT TEXAS.  ISOLATED SHOWERS
WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA LINE SOUTHWEST OF
MAGNOLIA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo69 min
Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier69 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaddo3 hr
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier3 hr
Jun 25, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola45 min
Jun 25, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg26 min
Jun 25, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk37 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVGregg3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1990Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.