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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 7, 1990Bowie County, Cass County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 1990, 6:37 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 1990, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX

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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 12:00Z on 1990-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1990-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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, Oct 7, 1:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-072115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
113 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

AT 105 PM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF
HOT SPRINGS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST
NEAR 20 MPH.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING.  CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-072115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
215 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 215 PM...SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HUGO OKLAHOMA TO DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO
ARKADELPHIA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DEQUEEN AND ARKADELPHIA AND WERE
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING.  CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-072200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
315 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS...
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 315 PM...SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DALLAS TEXAS TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO MURFREESBORO
ARKANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
NEAR DEQUEEN AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING...AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA LATER THIS EVENING.  CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREAS THIS EVENING.
.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Oct 7, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
520 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990

STORM REPORTS FOR  SUN OCT 7 1990

TIME LST    CNTY/PRSH  ST     EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

 415 PM    HOWARD      AR  .. ONE INCH HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE.

 420 PM    SEVIER       AR .. ONE INCH HAIL BETWEEN HORTIO AND LOCKS-
                              BURGH.

 435 PM    MC CURTAIN   OK .. PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
                              2 MILES EAST OF EAGLETOWN.

 THREE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 5 PM...
 SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA...5.40         NASHVILLE ARKANSAS...3.20
 5S DEQUEEN ARKANSAS...4.50         2W BROKEN BOW...4.20
 SOME LOW AREA FLOODING REPORTED IN THESE AREAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie92 min
Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass3 hr
Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier3 hr
Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHoward, Pike3 hr
Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Pike, Sevier3 hr
Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada3 hr
Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada3 hr

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.