Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 10:25 AM CDT for East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 3507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSHV 291525 RRA SVRSHV LAC035-123-291630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1025 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EAST CARROLL PARISH...WEST CARROLL PARISH AT 1025 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE TO NEAR OAK GROVE IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WERE ACCELERATING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS.
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, Jun 29, 6:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 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>027-291330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 640 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 635 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM PARIS TO TYLER TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THE AREA WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR POTEAU OKLAHOMA TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT OF BOTH AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. . FINALLY RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 AM. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX TODAY ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 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>027-291330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 640 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 635 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM PARIS TO TYLER TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THE AREA WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR POTEAU OKLAHOMA TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT OF BOTH AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. . FINALLY RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 AM. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX TODAY ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:04 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1005 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994
REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 29TH 1994
TIME CDT PARISH/COUNTY/STATE EVENT/LOCATION
725 AM MCCURTAIN OK PEA SIZE HAIL 5E OF WRIGHT CITY.
755 AM PIKE AR ONE INCH HAIL AT TOKIO.
818 AM HOWARD AR 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS 3SE OF NASHVILLE WITH
3 TREES BLOWN DOWN. MARBLE TO DIME SIZE
HAIL ALSO.
822 AM HEMPSTEAD AR NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2NW OF CLOW.
823 AM MCCURTAIN OK PENNY SIZE HAIL AT GARVIN. 50 TO 60 MPH
WINDS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO ZERO.Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:05 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1005 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994
REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 29TH 1994
TIME CDT PARISH/COUNTY/STATE EVENT/LOCATION
725 AM MCCURTAIN OK PEA SIZE HAIL 5E OF WRIGHT CITY.
755 AM PIKE AR ONE INCH HAIL AT TOKIO.
818 AM HOWARD AR 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS 3SE OF NASHVILLE WITH
3 TREES BLOWN DOWN. MARBLE TO DIME SIZE
HAIL ALSO.
822 AM HEMPSTEAD AR NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2NW OF CLOW.
823 AM MCCURTAIN OK PENNY SIZE HAIL AT GARVIN. 50 TO 60 MPH
WINDS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO ZERO.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.