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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 4, 1991De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Panola County, Shelby County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1991, 9:02 PM CDT for De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Panola County, Shelby County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
May 4, 1991, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1991, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Panola County, TX, Shelby County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 9:55 PM CDTHail 1De Soto, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 1991-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2846 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 1991-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
2846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
3.9

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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
May 4, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo106 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine64 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster64 min
May 4, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto27 min
May 4, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Lincoln55 min
May 4, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Red River, Sabine55 min
May 4, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln58 min
May 5, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll62 min
May 5, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison59 min
May 4, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola56 min
May 4, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass106 min
May 4, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion106 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass3 hr
May 4, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier56 min
May 4, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller56 min
May 4, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Pike106 min
May 4, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada29 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Nevada3 hr
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Pike3 hr
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.