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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 3, 1990Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1990, 10:06 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
Jul 3, 1990, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA

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
Jul 3, 10:15 PM CDTHail 1Bossier, LA
Jul 3, 10:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Bossier, 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1990-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1990-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
Jul 3, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo42 min
Jul 3, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto26 min
Jul 3, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola45 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.