Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 1995, 8:33 PM CST for Gregg County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 1995, 8:33 PM CST (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 1995, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gregg County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 1243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
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.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 12, 8:30 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 8:30 PM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 830 PM CST FRI JAN 12 1995 WILL DROP MAX TEMPS ABT A CAT FOR TMRW. OTRW...NO CHGS. 5
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
OKZ049-053-076-077-TXZ095-097-106>112-124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-059>061-066-070>073-LAZ001>026-130210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 608 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...COVERED MUCH OF THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 556 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUGHES SPRINGS AND ALONG THE MARION/CASS COUNTY LINE SOUTHEAST OF HUGHES SPRINGS...ALSO NEAR FOREMAN AND JUST SOUTH OF HORATIO ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR OIL CITY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENTON..NEAR MINDEN...AND COUSHATTA LOUISIANA. RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR KIRBY SOUTH TO NEAR TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND KARNACK AND LUFKIN TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND SPREADING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF HARRISON...MARION...AND CASS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 6:09 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
OKZ049-053-076-077-TXZ095-097-106>112-124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-059>061-066-070>073-LAZ001>026-130210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 608 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...COVERED MUCH OF THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 556 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUGHES SPRINGS AND ALONG THE MARION/CASS COUNTY LINE SOUTHEAST OF HUGHES SPRINGS...ALSO NEAR FOREMAN AND JUST SOUTH OF HORATIO ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR OIL CITY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENTON..NEAR MINDEN...AND COUSHATTA LOUISIANA. RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR KIRBY SOUTH TO NEAR TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND KARNACK AND LUFKIN TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND SPREADING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF HARRISON...MARION...AND CASS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 66 min |
| Jan 12, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 66 min |
| Jan 12, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 67 min |
| Jan 12, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 67 min |
| Jan 13, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 56 min |
| Jan 13, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 56 min |
| Jan 12, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.