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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 13, 1994Gregg County, Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 4:59 PM CDT for Gregg County, Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1994, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 13, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 13, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 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>027-13222M-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
200 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR  MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN
LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

AT 2 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BETWEEN HOPE
PRESCOTT AND SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS. ISLOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDER
STORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LOWER TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO BETWEEN THE HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION
AREAS.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED  SOUTH OF PALTINEE
TEXAS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORHEAST AT 25 MPH AND AREAL
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKALTEX AND OVER THE EXTREME
NORTHEAST SECTIONS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 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>027-132200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
355 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN
LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR HARRISON
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AT 400 PM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
INDICATED FROM NEAR WOODLAWN TO HALLSVILLE...AND HAD PRODUCED HAIL
TO NICKLE SIZE NORTHEAST OF HALLSVILLE AND HIGH WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUD
SIGHTED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BREIFLY BUT DISSIPATED. THE STORM HAD
DECREASED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR.  THE STORM WAS PART OF
BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE INDICATED FROM NORTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS TO NEAR LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
LOUISIANA EAST OF RODESSA ON TO BETWEEN MARSHALL AND LONGVIEW TO NEAR
PALESTINE TEXAS.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WITHIN THIS BAND WAS INDICATED
BETWEEN LEWISVILLE AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

ANOTHER BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO BEND DAM TO BETWEEN
HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 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>027-132200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
355 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN
LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR HARRISON
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AT 400 PM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
INDICATED FROM NEAR WOODLAWN TO HALLSVILLE...AND HAD PRODUCED HAIL
TO NICKLE SIZE NORTHEAST OF HALLSVILLE AND HIGH WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUD
SIGHTED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BREIFLY BUT DISSIPATED. THE STORM HAD
DECREASED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR.  THE STORM WAS PART OF
BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE INDICATED FROM NORTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS TO NEAR LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
LOUISIANA EAST OF RODESSA ON TO BETWEEN MARSHALL AND LONGVIEW TO NEAR
PALESTINE TEXAS.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WITHIN THIS BAND WAS INDICATED
BETWEEN LEWISVILLE AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 6EAST
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

ANOTHER BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO BEND DAM TO BETWEEN
HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine80 min
May 12, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie57 min
May 13, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison61 min
May 13, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Rusk66 min
May 13, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLafayette, Miller59 min

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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.