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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1994, 2:27 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Cass County, Marion County, Texas; Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1994, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Miller County, AR, Caddo Parish, LA, Cass County, TX, Marion County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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, May 7, 8:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-071530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 850 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS. SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 845 AM SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH PASSAGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR MC CURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND FOR SEVIER..HOWARD AND PIKE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWES AND THUNDRSTORMS THAT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR MCALESTER OKLAHOMA EASTWARD TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-071530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 850 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS. SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 845 AM SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH PASSAGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR MC CURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND FOR SEVIER..HOWARD AND PIKE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWES AND THUNDRSTORMS THAT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR MCALESTER OKLAHOMA EASTWARD TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGIN G WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Tensas | 68 min |
| May 7, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 93 min |
| May 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 89 min |
| May 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 89 min |
| May 7, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 67 min |
| May 7, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 41 min |
| May 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River | 76 min |
| May 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 68 min |
| May 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 75 min |
| May 7, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 71 min |
| May 7, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Pike, Sevier | 91 min |
| May 7, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 76 min |
| May 7, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 84 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.