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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 20, 1990Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 20, 1990, 10:40 PM CST for Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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: Dec 20, 1990, 10:40 PM CST (04:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 20, 1990, 11:45 PM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Harrison 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	Remark
Dec 20, 11:06 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Harrison, 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, Dec 20, 4:42 PM CST, 5 hours 58 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
Dec 21, 12:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	68 min
Dec 21, 12:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Webster	65 min
Dec 21, 12:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	East Carroll	50 min
Dec 21, 10:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	57 min
Dec 21, 11:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln	55 min
Dec 21, 1:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Richland, West Carroll	67 min
Dec 21, 1:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn	67 min
Dec 21, 1:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	72 min
Dec 21, 1:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	East Carroll, Madison	89 min
Dec 21, 1:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Tensas	89 min
Dec 21, 2:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Madison, Tensas	58 min
Dec 21, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	65 min
Dec 21, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Red River	88 min
Dec 21, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin, Madison, Tensas	88 min
Dec 21, 4:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Tensas	57 min
Dec 21, 5:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Madison, Tensas	59 min
Dec 21, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	60 min
Dec 21, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Madison	60 min
Dec 20, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Rusk, Shelby	67 min
Dec 21, 8:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	61 min
Dec 21, 8:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	61 min
Dec 21, 1:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	59 min
Dec 21, 11:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nevada	41 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.