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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 21, 1992Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 21, 1992, 7:58 PM CST for Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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
Nov 21, 1992, 7:58 PM CST (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 21, 1992, 9:00 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 21, 8:15 PM CSTHail 0.88Morehouse, LA
Nov 21, 8:30 PM CSTHail 1.75West Carroll, 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 21, 2:16 PM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 21, 3:58 PM CST, 4 hours before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992

...SEVERE STORMS LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE
PART OF LOUISIANA UNTIL 1100 PM CST...

THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL
BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX AS NEW STORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY
AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING INCREASING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN TEXAS AT 4 PM CST.

AT 4 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED  A
BAND OF INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS
SOUTH TO NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS ON TO NEAR LONGVIEW AND ON TO HOUSTON
TEXAS. SEVERE STORMS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE HOUSTON AREA THIS
AFTERNOON WITH TORNADOES REPORTED IN THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS IN EAST TEXAS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR LONGVIEW TO
NACOGDOCHES TEXAS. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20
MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THE THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

AS THIS BAND MOVES EASTWARD...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...ALSO
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AHEAD
OF THE OLD BAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA.

BESIDES THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY DEVELOP WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER AREA STREAMS REMAIN BELOW
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. EXCEPT IN URBAN ARAS ANY FLOODING WOULD
BE SLOW TO DEVELOP.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 21, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches48 min
Nov 21, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Tensas60 min
Nov 21, 9:52 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVTensas68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.