Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1992, 3:04 PM CST for Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 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 22, 1992, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1992, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:12 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Claiborne, LA | |
| Mar 22, 3:15 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Claiborne, LA | |
| Mar 22, 3:35 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 248 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 22, 1:17 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 115 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 115 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VIVIAN LOUISIANA TO CANFIELD ARKANSAS ON TO LEWISVILLE AND READER. HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH STONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM LUFKIN TEXAS TO NEAR TEXARKANA AND PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...STONG GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE FRONT WILL GUST FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. BOATERS ON ON AREA LAKES SHOULD USE CAUTION IF ON THE WATER TODAY. L
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 2:15 PM CST, 49 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 210 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 210 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MINDEN LOUISIANA TO HAYNESVILLE ON TO MAGNOLIA AND EL DORADO ARKANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED AT 2 PM FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO SHREVEPORT TO LUFKIN TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE FRONT OF 25 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TO THE NORTHWEST...TEMPERA- TURES HAVE BEEN FALLING RAPIDLY WITH TEXARKANA REPORTING 51 DEGREES WHILE SHREVEPORT HAD A TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES AT 2 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 69 min |
| Mar 22, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Madison | 36 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.