Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1994, 2:27 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. 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 Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSHV 071930 RRA
SVRSHV
ARC091-LAC015-017-119-TXC067-315-072100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
227 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
...EXTREME SOUTHERN MILLER COUNTY
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
...NORTHERN BOSSIER PARISH...NORTHERN CADDO PARISH...NORTHERN
WEBSTER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY
AT 225 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN
SHREVEPORT INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HIGH
AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS NEAR MACEDONIA ARKANSAS...NEAR
CANFIELD ARKANSAS AND NEAR ATLANTA TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE
PART OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
SOUTH OF LAKE VILLAGE TO JUST NORTH OF EL DORADO TO NEAR
MAGNOLIA ALL IN ARKANSAS ON TO NEAR HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS.
THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD
SOUTHEAST...THUS THE STORMS WILL SPREAD INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR WHILE CONTINUING TO AFFECT
EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE LINE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE STORMS HAVE PRIMA<RILY PRODUCED
LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH SOME REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOURS TIME.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 | Caddo | 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.