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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 22, 1992Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1992, 3:51 PM CST for Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 69 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
Mar 22, 1992, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1992, 5:00 PM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 22, 4:10 PM CSTHail 1Jackson, LA
Mar 22, 4:25 PM CSTHail 1.75Ouachita, 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, Mar 22, 1:17 PM CST, 2 hours 34 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.
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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 36 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.
Local storm report, Mar 22, 3:47 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992

...STORM REPORTS FOR SUNDAY MARCH 22ND...

 335 PM     LINCOLN      LA   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS AT
                              RUSTON. FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 3:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union56 min
Mar 22, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVMadison36 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.