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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 27, 1990Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1990, 9:20 PM CDT for Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 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
Apr 27, 1990, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln 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
Apr 27, 9:26 PM CDTHail 0.88Claiborne, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1990-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

REPORTS FOR APRIL 27 1990
CNTY/PARISH      ST    TIME CDT  EVENT

CASS             TX    445 PM    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED WEST
                                 OF LINDEN TEXAS.

CASS             TX    455 PM    MARBLE SIZE HAIL OCCURRED LINDEN-
                                 AVENGER TEXAS.

CASS             TX    516 PM    3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GRbOUND
                                 ALONG HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH OF LINDEN TEXAS.

NOTE: THIS STORM HAS CYCLES OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL THEN LARGE HAIL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo67 min
Apr 27, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto97 min
Apr 27, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine85 min
Apr 27, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo58 min
Apr 27, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Red River, Webster63 min
Apr 27, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches69 min
Apr 27, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Winn55 min
Apr 27, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Madison, Tensas58 min
Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Rusk60 min
Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby60 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.