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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 11, 1992Gregg County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1992, 10:54 PM CDT for Gregg County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 4 reports 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 11, 1992, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 11:07 PM CDTTornado F1Gregg, TX
May 11, 11:11 PM CDTHail 1Marion, TX
May 11, 11:43 PM CDTTornado F0Harrison, TX
May 11, 11:52 PM CDTHail 1.75Gregg, 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 nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 1992-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1833 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.5

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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

Special weather statement, May 11, 10:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-120500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 1045 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM TYLER AND KARNACK TEXAS...ON TO RODESSA LOUISIANA...CANFIELD
...STEPHENS AND PRINCETON ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
MANNING ARKANSAS...TEXARKANA...ATLANTA...HUGHES SPRINGS...LONE STAR...
AND BIG SANDY TEXAS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMPBELL
TEXAS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR NEAR FLORIEN AND
MANY LOUISIANA.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES
PER HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN A VERY SHORT TIME...RESULTING IN FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo56 min
May 12, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVDe Soto3 hr
May 12, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWinn32 min
May 11, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier59 min
May 11, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass59 min
May 11, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVGregg40 min
May 11, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison64 min
May 11, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVGregg56 min
May 11, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk58 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.