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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1992, 6:09 PM CST for Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1992, 7:05 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tensas Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:22 PM CST | Hail 1 | Tensas, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 54 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, 2 hours 22 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.Local storm report, Mar 22, 4:05 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
405 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.
358 PM UNION LA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT ROCKY BRANCH. FROM
TROOP F.Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 500 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR OUACHITA AND NORTHEAST JACKSON PARISHES... AT 500 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISISANA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BASTROP TO MONROE TO WINNFIELD. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR RAYVILLE TO NEAR COLUMBIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND IN THE PAST HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH- EAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AND END BY MIDNIGHT. WINDY AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCbUR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH- WEST.
Local storm report, Mar 22, 5:29 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 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.
358 PM UNION LA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT ROCKY BRANCH. FROM
TROOP F.
525 PM MADISON LA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT TALLULAH.Local storm report, Mar 22, 5:56 PM CST, 13 minutes before
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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.