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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1994, 8:25 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bossier Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
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, Aug 7, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 19 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.
Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:55 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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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 | Caddo, De Soto | 63 min |
| 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 | 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 |
| Aug 8, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Shelby | 5 hr |
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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.