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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 3, 1992Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1992, 7:01 PM CST for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 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: Nov 3, 1992, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 1992, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 3, 7:10 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Franklin, 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, Nov 3, 1:16 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-032015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
110 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

AT 110 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ARKADELPHIA ARKANSAS TO HOPE...FOUKE
...TO JEFFERSON TEXAS ON TO LONGVIEW. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH-
EAST OF JEFFERSON. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL IS
LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AHEAD OF THIS LINE FROM NEAR LUFKIN
TO NACOGADOCHES AND CENTER TO NEAR MANSFIELD LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS AND
NORTH LOUISIANA. A FEW WILL BE SEVERE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND MUCH SOUTH AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:41 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR TUE NOV 3 1992

WIND DAMAGE AND/OR LARGE HAIL HAS OCCURRED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA.

LARGE HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE IN PARTS OF SHELBY...PANLOA...AND HARRISON
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF DESOTO...RED RIVER...CADDO..
BOSSER...RED RIVER...CLAIBORNE...BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES IN
NORTHWEST LOUISAIANA. ALSO IN COLUMBIA COUNTY ARKANAS.

POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA WITH THE MOST DAMAGE THUS FAR REPORTED IN AND AROUND
THE DOWNTWON ARIPORT AREA ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO BOSSIER CITY.
VISUAL WIND GUSTS AT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT WAS 90 MPH WITH 7 HANGARS
DAMAGED OR DEMOLISHED.   AS OF YET THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES.

Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:48 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
346 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR TUE NOV 3 1992

WIND DAMAGE AND/OR LARGE HAIL HAS OCCURRED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA.

LARGE HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE IN PARTS OF SHELBY...PANLOA...AND HARRISON
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF DESOTO...RED RIVER...CADDO..
BOSSER...RED RIVER...CLAIBORNE...BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES IN
NORTHWEST LOUISAIANA... ALSO IN COLUMBIA COUNTY ARKANAS.

POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA WITH THE MOST DAMAGE THUS FAR REPORTED IN AND AROUND
THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT AREA ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO BOSSIER CITY.
VISUAL WIND GUSTS AT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT WAS 90 MPH WITH 7 HANGARS
DAMAGED OR DEMOLISHED. AS OF YET THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES.
BESIDES THE DAMAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT AREA OF SHREVEPORT THERE
HAD BEEN DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED IN SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 3, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Tensas	82 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.