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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 21, 1990East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 12:55 AM CST for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 1990, 12:55 AM CST (06:55 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 1990, 1:45 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County East Carroll Parish, LA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, 7:04 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-210215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
705 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION..
BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 535 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 655 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT TWO BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA. ONE BAND WAS LOCATED FROM
NEAR OAK GROVE TO MONROE AND RAYVILLE TO NEAR COLFAX LOUISIANA. THE
STRONGEST STORM..WHICH MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..WERE LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MONROE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLFAX.
.
ANOTHER BAND OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTH
OF FARMERVILLE TO NEAR ARCADIA LOUISIANA..AND FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COUSHATTA..THROUGH MANY LOUISIANA TO NEAR HEMPHILL TEXAS.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

THUS  FAR THE ONLY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH LOUISIANA WAS
A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF DELTA IN EASTERN MADISON PARISH AT ABOUT 532
PM CST.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 7:16 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-210215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
705 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION..
BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 535 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 655 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED TWO
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH-
EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA. ONE BAND WAS LOCATED FROM
NEAR OAK GROVE TO MONROE AND RAYVILLE TO NEAR COLFAX LOUISIANA. THE
STRONGEST STORM..WHICH MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..WERE LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MONROE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLFAX.
.
ANOTHER BAND OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTH
OF FARMERVILLE TO NEAR ARCADIA LOUISIANA..AND FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COUSHATTA..THROUGH MANY LOUISIANA TO NEAR HEMPHILL TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES PER HOUR.

CONDI(TIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

THUS FAR THE ONLY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH LOUISIANA WAS
A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF DELTA IN EASTERN MADISON PARISH AT ABOUT 532
PM CST.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 8:36 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-210400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
835 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION..
BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 535 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 825 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A
FEW AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS..THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA INTO EAST TEXAS. THE
MAIN AREA WAS FROM GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI..THROUGH BASTROP AND MONROE
LOUISIANA TO NEAR MINDEN. THE STRONGEST STORM..WHICH MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL..WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBURG ARKANSAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN ARKANSAS AND 10 MILES SOUTH-
EAST OF MANSFIELD LOUISIANA.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SAN
AUGUSTINE TEXAS TO LIVINGSTON TEXAS..AND FROM CARTHAGE TEXAS TO RUSK.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES PER HOUR.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG STORMS TO CONTINUE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT.

THUS FAR THE ONLY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH LOUISIANA WAS
A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF DELTA IN EASTERN MADISON PARISH AT ABOUT 532
PM CST.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 9:37 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-210600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
935 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION..
BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 535 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 930 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS..THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA INTO EAST CENTRAL
TEXAS. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF
A LINE FROM NEAR CAMDEN ARKANSAS TO SPRINGHILL LOUISIANA TO MANSFIELD
LOUISIANA TO CENTER AND GROVETON TEXAS. WITHIN THIS AREA THUNDERSTORMS
THAT WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE NOTED NEAR JUNCTION CITY ARKANSAS...NEAR SIBLEY
LOUISIANA...AND NORTHEAST AND EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. THE STORMS NEAR
LUFKIN ALSO CONTAIN SOME SMALL HAIL.

ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM NEAR NAPLES TEXAS TO NEAR PALESTINE TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN THAT WAS OCCURRING WITHIN THIS AREA WAS NOTED NEAR LONGVIEW AND
SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES PER HOUR.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG STORMS TO CONTINUE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 12:07 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo68 min
Dec 21, 12:40 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVWebster65 min
Dec 21, 10:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville57 min
Dec 21, 11:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln55 min
Dec 21, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRichland, West Carroll67 min
Dec 21, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn67 min
Dec 21, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto72 min
Dec 21, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, Madison89 min
Dec 21, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVTensas89 min
Dec 21, 2:02 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVMadison, Tensas58 min
Dec 21, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster65 min
Dec 21, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Red River88 min
Dec 21, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Madison, Tensas88 min
Dec 21, 4:03 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVTensas57 min
Dec 21, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison, Tensas59 min
Dec 21, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine60 min
Dec 21, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVMadison60 min
Dec 20, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Rusk, Shelby67 min
Dec 20, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison65 min
Dec 21, 8:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion61 min
Dec 21, 8:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison61 min
Dec 21, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Shelby59 min
Dec 21, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada41 min

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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.