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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 9, 1992Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 7:41 PM CST for Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 7:41 PM CST (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Sabine Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 100142
SVRSHV
LAC067-073-111-049-061-069-085-127-100315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
741 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...MOREHOUSE PARISH...OUACHITA PARISH...UNION PARISH
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...JACKSON PARISH...LINCOLN PARISH...NATCHITOCHES PARISH
   ...SABINE PARISH...WINN PARISH
 
AT 735 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST OF FARMERVILLE TO NORTH OF
RUSTON...FROM WEST OF BIENVILLE TO CASTOR...CAMPTI TO EAST OF PLEASANT
HILL...AND FROM ZWOLLE TO WEST OF TOLEDO BEND LAKE...AND AT CHATHAM.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...HIGH DAMAGING WINDS...AND
FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR BIENVILLE AND RED RIVER
PARISHES UNTIL 815 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES OVER NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF AN EL DORADO TO LUFKIN LINE.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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

Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:44 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY MARCH 9 1992

TIME CST    CNTY/PRSH  STATE  EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

1230 PM     BOWIE/CASS   TX   FLOODING...SECONDARY ROADS...UNDERPASSES
                              IN TEXARKANA...NEW BOSTON AND LINDEN
100  PM     LITTLE RIVER AR   LOW AREA FLOODING NEAR FOREMAN AND INDEX
                              4.20 INCHES OF RAIN AT INDEX SINCE 7 AM
200  PM     MILLER       AR   FLOODING IN TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...SEVERAL
            HEMPSTEAD    AR   STREETS AND US 82 INTO SOUTHWEST HEMPSTEAD
                              COUNTY.
218  PM     RUSK         TX   ONE INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL
                              TREES 5 MILES WEST OF HENDERSON TEXAS.
230  PM     GREGG        TX   ONE INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS NEAR EASTON
235  PM     HARRISON     TX   FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL
                              TEXAS...NICKLE SIZE HAIL.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:43 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
440 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY MARCH 9 1992

TIME CST    CNTY/PRSH  STATE  EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

351 PM      EAST CARROL  LA   WIND DAMAGE...POSSIBLE TORNADO IN DOWNTOWN
                              LAKE PROVIDENCE. PATH OF DAMAGE 3/4 MILE
                              LONG...DOWNING NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES.
                              DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS AUTOMOBILES...STRUCTURAL
                              DAMAGE UNKNOWN. DOWN POWER LINE CAUSED FIRE
                              AT A SCHOOL. FIVE MINOR INJURIES REPORTED
                              AND ANOTHER POSSIBLE INJURY AS A RESULT OF
            H                  FALLING TREES ON AUTOMOBILE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED AS RECEIVED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne58 min
Mar 9, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Red River87 min
Mar 9, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville87 min
Mar 9, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine63 min
Mar 9, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Union48 min
Mar 9, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Winn48 min
Mar 9, 7:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Red River57 min
Mar 9, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Natchitoches, Winn94 min
Mar 9, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorehouse, Ouachita, Union94 min
Mar 9, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln94 min
Mar 9, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRichland, West Carroll92 min
Mar 9, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell92 min
Mar 9, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll65 min
Mar 9, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, Madison60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.