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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 6, 1992Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1992, 6:05 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 85 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
Jun 6, 1992, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 6:27 PM CDTHail 0.8Richland, LA
Jun 6, 6:34 PM CDTHail 0.8Morehouse, LA
Jun 6, 6:38 PM CDTTornado F1Richland, LA
Jun 6, 6:52 PM CDTHail 1.75Morehouse, 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 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, Jun 6, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-062130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 325 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED DEVELOP-
ING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MONTGOMERY LOUISIANA TO
NEAR BELLWOOD. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FARMERVILLE AND MARION
LOUISIANA. IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LAKE VILLAGE.
IN EAST TEXAS AND SOUTH LOUISIANA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LUFKIN TEXAS TO ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGIEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING
IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-062300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
445 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 435 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED DEVELOP-
ING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST OF A WILMOT ARKANSAS...
GIBSLAND...RINGGOLD...CLARENCE...AND LACAMP LOUISIANA LINE. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STANDARD...GOOD PINE...AND NEAR JONESVILLE
LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING
IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-062330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 520 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS INCREASING ALONG INTERSTATE 20 FROM
MONROE TO SOUTH OF RUSTON TO EAST OF DRISKILL MOUNTAIN. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORNS WERE SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO EAST OF ST JOSEPH LOUISIANA
EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AS THEY SPREAD INTO THE DELTA REGION...WITH SOME APPROACHING SEVERE
CRITERIA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE ARKLATEX...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICAT-ED
HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MISSISSIPPI AND
THE GULF COAST REGIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH LOUISIANA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita55 min
Jun 6, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRichland59 min
Jun 6, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVEast Carroll, Madison57 min
Jun 6, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier93 min
Jun 6, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Pike79 min
Jun 6, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion93 min
Jun 6, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg93 min
Jun 6, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie93 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.