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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 15, 1994Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 2:50 PM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1928 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union97 min
Apr 15, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Webster97 min
Apr 15, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto96 min
Apr 15, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River96 min
Apr 15, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorehouse, Ouachita, West Carroll94 min
Apr 15, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll94 min
Apr 15, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson94 min
Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Lincoln93 min
Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto93 min
Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Webster93 min
Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River93 min
Apr 15, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Winn62 min
Apr 15, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita85 min
Apr 15, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin85 min
Apr 15, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Tensas64 min

Nearby

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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.