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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 20, 1995Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 3:01 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 1995, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -299 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 202001
SVRSHV
LAC015-017-127-202045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
301 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BOSSIER PARISH...CADDO PARISH...WINN PARISH
 
SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 2:55 PM SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: JUST SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR
SOUTH PARK MALL...AND NEAR ST. MAURICE LOUISIANA OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST
OF NATCHITOCHES.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH.
 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTEDR AT SOUTH PARK MALL IN SHREVEPORT.
 
 
 
&
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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

Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
905 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME(CDT)  ....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

800 PM     CENTEZR POINT              AR      HEN EGG SIZE HAIL WITH
04/19/95   HOWARD                            DAMAGE TO CARS AND ROOFS

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-006-201700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1104 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 9:46 AM FOR WINN PARISH
LOUISIANA EXPIRED AT 10:45. THE SEVERE THUNERSTORM HAS DECREASED IN
INTENSITY AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT.

AT 10:55 AM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS EXTENDING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE THROUGH COUSHATTA AND JONESBORO
LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THIS BAND WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS..NEAR COUSHATTA AND
JONESBORO LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR DE QUEEN
ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MT. PLEASANT AND PITTSBURGH TEXAS TO WEST
OF HENDERSON.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE NEAR NEW
BOSTON..SOUTH OF MT. PLEASANT AND 10 MILES WEST OF LONGVIEW.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AND EASTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

NNNN

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061-070-071-
072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-
006-201815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1209 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 12:00 NOON SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS EXTENDING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE..THROUGH RUSTON AND JONESBORO
LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER TOLEDO BEND LAKE BETWEEN CENTER TEXAS AND MANY LOUSIANA...
ALSO NEAR RUSTON LOUISIANA.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
GILMER TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TEXARKANA TO SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED FROM JUST
SOUTH OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS THROUGH TEXARKANA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF
LINDEN TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS.

NNNN

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061-070-071-
072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-
006-201915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
118 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 12:19 PM FOR SOUTHERN
DESOTO AND NORTHERN SABINE PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUSISIANA HAS EXPIRED.

THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FARMERVILLE AND BASTROP LOUISIANA
EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ACROSS TOLEDO
BEND LAKE TO EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA BETWEEN
COUSHATTA AND NATCHITOCHES...JUST WEST OF WINNFIELD AND WEST OF BASTROP
LOUISIANA.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF
LONGVIEW TEXAS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXARKVANA AREA TO
SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS.

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

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Local storm report, Apr 20, 2:51 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME(CDT)  ....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

215 TO     MONROE                    LA      60-80 MPH WIND...NICKEL
 245 PM    OUACHITA PARISH                   SIZE HAIL...DEFINITE
                                             FUNNEL CLOUD...ALL
                                             REPORTED BY SPOTTER
                                             AT NORTHEAST LA UNIV.

245        MILE MARKER 143 ON        LA      INTENSE GOLFBALL SIZE
            I-49 IN NATCHITOCHES             HAIL REPORTED BY
            PARISH                           SHERIF.FS OFFICE.

Local storm report, Apr 20, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
305 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME(CDT)  ....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     SHREVPEPORT                LA      NICKEL SIZE HAIL
           CADDO PARISH                      AT SOUTHPART MALL...
                                             SOUTHWEST SHV...BY
                                             SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	48 min
Apr 20, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	54 min
Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	68 min
Apr 20, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Red River	64 min
Apr 20, 5:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson	66 min
Apr 20, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	59 min
Apr 20, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Sabine	41 min
Apr 20, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	54 min
Apr 20, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	54 min
Apr 20, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Ouachita	36 min
Apr 20, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	42 min
Apr 20, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Ouachita	27 min
Apr 20, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	44 min
Apr 20, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell	45 min
Apr 20, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	50 min
Apr 20, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River	43 min
Apr 20, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Winn	48 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.