Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1994, 7:42 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 080046 RRA SVRSHV LAC015-017-031-080145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 742 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ...SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH...SOUTHEASTERN CADDO PARISH ...NORTHERN DESOTO PARISH AT 740 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF STONEWALL LOUISIANA IN EXTREME NORTHERN DESOTO PARISH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CADDO PARISH AND SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM CONTAINS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCDTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Aug 7, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 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>026-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 355 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION... AT 350 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN 80 MILE WIDE SOLID AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR NASHVILLE AND TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO JUST WEST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OUT AHEAD OF SOLID RAIN AREA OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS AND NEAR HOMER LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE ARKLATEX THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT. HOMER LOUISIANA AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSON TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE ARKLATEX THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 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>026-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 515 PM CST SUN AUG 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE ARKALTEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 505 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS AREA WAS NOTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PRESCOTT SOUTHWEST TO TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND THEN TO LAKE OF THE PINES AND TYLER TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE NOTED NEAR BLEVINS AND WEST OF HOPE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX REGION. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR ROBELINE..NATCHITOCHES..CAMPTI ..AND JONESBORO IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR KARNACK AND SOUTHEAST OF TATUM IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NEAR HALL SUMMIT..COUSAHTTA..AND GIBSLAND LOUISIANA AND NEAR FOUKE AND SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS INDICATED LITTLE MOVEMENT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT..THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALONG WITH BREIF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECT HIGH AND GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 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>026-072355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 558 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE ARKALTEX REGION... AT 550 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND JACKSON SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.. OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR JONESBORO SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MANY AND TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR JONESBORO SOUTH TO WINNFIELD AND FROM NEAR CLARENCE SOUTHWEST TO NATCHITOCHES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS..LOW LYING ..AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL..THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH AND DANGROUS LIGHTNING. RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BOSSIER CITY AND MINDEN LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BOGATA SOUTH TO NEAR GILMER AND TYLER TEXAS. ALSO FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NACOGDOCHES NORTHWEST TO NEAR ALTO AND RUSK TEXAS. MOVEMENT AS TO THE EAST SLOWLY. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR DE QUEEN SOUTHEAST TO NEAR FULTON AND SMACKOVER. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WERE NOTED NEAR PRESCOTT AND HOPE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 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>026-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 515 PM CST SUN AUG 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE ARKALTEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 505 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS AREA WAS NOTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PRESCOTT SOUTHWEST TO TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND THEN TO LAKE OF THE PINES AND TYLER TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE NOTED NEAR BLEVINS AND WEST OF HOPE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX REGION. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR ROBELINE..NATCHITOCHES..CAMPTI ..AND JONESBORO IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR KARNACK AND SOUTHEAST OF TATUM IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NEAR HALL SUMMIT..COUSAHTTA..AND GIBSLAND LOUISIANA AND NEAR FOUKE AND SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS INDICATED LITTLE MOVEMENT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT..THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALONG WITH BREIF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECT HIGH AND GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:00 PM CDT, 42 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>026-080105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 700 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE ARKALTEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 655 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND JACKSON SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.. OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR JONESBORO AND CHATHAM SOUTH TO NEAR COLFAX AND ALEXANDRIA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER WESTERN CALDWELL AND EASTERN WINN PARISHES NEAR GRAYSON AND CLARKS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS TO NEAR ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME..AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. RADAR ALSO SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HUTTIG ARKANSAS SOUTH TO NEAR FARMERVILLE ..RUSTON..AND JUST WEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN..SHOWERS..AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR TYLER NORTHEAST TO NEAR MAUD TEXAS AND ASHDOWN..HOPE..AND CAMDEN ARKANSAS. THE RAIN..SHOWERS..THUNDER- STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR NACOGDOCHES SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:06 PM CDT, 36 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>026-080105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 700 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE ARKALTEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 655 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND JACKSON SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.. OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR JONESBORO AND CHATHAM SOUTH TO NEAR COLFAX AND ALEXANDRIA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER WESTERN CALDWELL AND EASTERN WINN PARISHES NEAR GRAYSON AND CLARKS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS TO NEAR ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME..AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. RADAR ALSO SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HUTTIG ARKANSAS SOUTH TO NEAR FARMERVILLE ..RUSTON..AND JUST WEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN..SHOWERS..AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR TYLER NORTHEAST TO NEAR MAUD TEXAS AND ASHDOWN..HOPE..AND CAMDEN ARKANSAS. THE RAIN..SHOWERS..THUNDER- STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR NACOGDOCHES SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 68 min |
| Aug 8, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Red River | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 4 hr |
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.