Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 21, 1991, 8:45 PM CST (02:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 21, 1991, 10:00 PM CST

In force

75 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County McCurtain County, OK

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.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 220247
SVRSHV
OKC089-220400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
845 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...MCCURTAIN COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED EAST
OF SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA AND WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF
MCCURTAIN COUNTY. THE SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPENCERVILLE OKLAHOMA OR 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WRIGHT CITY
OKLAHOMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES PER
HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND
DAMAGE MAY OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-220100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
425 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

AT 420 PM SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE
IMMEDIATE ARKLATEX AREA.  HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING
IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR ARDMORE.  REFER TO RELEASES BY THE
OKLAHOMA CITY WEATHER OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
WEATHER.

STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EXTREME
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND WARNINGS.

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-220300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
643 PM CST THU MARCH 21 199

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 640 PM SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS FROM WEST OF MENA ARKANSAS WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TO THE RED RIVER SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EASTNORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.

THE THREAT OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING.
PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA: ARE ADVISED TO BE ON
THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
830 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY MARCH 21 1991

TIME LST    CNTY/PRSH  ST     EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

 820 PM    MCCURTAIN   OK  .. NICKLE SIZED HAIL AND 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS
                              WITH TREES DOWN NEAR BATTIEST.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.