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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 5, 1992Hempstead County, Lafayette County, Nevada County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1992, 8:18 PM CST for Hempstead County, Lafayette County, Nevada County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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
Mar 5, 1992, 8:18 PM CST (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Nevada County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 5, 8:25 PM CSTHail 0.88Lafayette, AR
Mar 5, 8:40 PM CSTHail 1.75Hempstead, AR
Mar 5, 8:52 PM CSTHail 0.88Nevada, AR

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 167 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 1992-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1709 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 1992-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Mar 5, 2:41 PM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

AT 235 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN
AREA OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS.
THESE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CANTON TEXAS NORTHEAST THROUGH MT PLEASANT
TO NEAR WRIGHT PATMAN LAKE SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE
DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF HALLSVILLE AND NEAR HENDERSON TEXAS. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN. THESE
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES...AND A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE
INTENSITIES.
.
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH-
EAST TEXAS...THROUGH THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY...INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 15 MILES WIDE...
AND EXTENDED FROM KOUNTZE AND NEWTON TEXAS TO NEAR FORT POLK LOUISIANA
TO ALEXANDRIA AND JONESVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA
WERE LOCATED NEAR WOODVILLE TEXAS...NORTH OF DE RIDDER LOUISIANA...NEAR
LACAMP LOUISIANA...AND JUST SOUTH OF JENA LOUISIANA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER
TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY WERE MOVING AND DEVELOPING NORTH NORTHEASTWARD AT 35
MILES PER HOUR.

BE SURE TO STAY ABREAST WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS AFTER 0NEWSPSNEWY`TTAA00 KNEW 052048
LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
240 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR ALL OF
   SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
...FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
   FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

AT 230 PM WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...CONTINUED OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN 5 MILES
EAST OF MORGAN CITY AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND BETWEEN
TIMBALIER BAY AND BARATARIA BAY. SOME HEAVIER RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER
SOUTHERN TAGIPAHOA PARISH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTERLY AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 3:40 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
341 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR THURSDAY  MARCH 5 1992

TIME CST    CNTY/PRSH  STATE  EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE
 300 PM     LITTLE RIVER AR 2  PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN WILTON ARKANSAS.

 326 PM     LITTLE RIVER AR   MARBLE..DIME..AND UP TO NICKLE SIZE
                              HAIL IN WILTON ARKANSAS.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:23 PM CST, 55 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
725 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR THURSDAY  MARCH 5 1992...INCOMPLETE LIST...

TIME CST    CNTY/PRSH  STATE  EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

 705 PM     MILLER     AR     FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR TEXARKANA WITH LARGE HAIL.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:50 PM CST, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln55 min
Mar 5, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPike25 min
Mar 5, 6:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVPike32 min
Mar 5, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVMiller40 min
Mar 5, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada, Pike67 min
Mar 5, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLafayette67 min
Mar 5, 7:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Miller, Pike66 min
Mar 5, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Nevada67 min
Mar 5, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Pike69 min
Mar 5, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.