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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 12, 1992Gregg County, Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 1992, 2:54 PM CST for Gregg County, Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
Feb 12, 1992, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 1992, 4:00 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 12, 3:30 PM CSTHail 1Gregg, TX
Feb 12, 3:42 PM CSTHail 0.88Harrison, TX

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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 12:00Z on 1992-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 2:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion66 min
Feb 12, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Rusk65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.