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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 22, 1995Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 2:28 AM CDT for Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 1995, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 1995, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 220728
SVRSHV
LAC013-015-119-220830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
228 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BIENVILLE PARISH...SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH
   ...WEBSTER PARISH
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
BOSSIER PARISH...SOUTHWEST OF COTTON VALLEY...AND NEAR THE BOSSIER-
BIENVILLE PARISH LINE...WEST OF RINGGOLD. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE SHREVEPORT AREA.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE 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.
 
 
 
&
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	68 min
Apr 22, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	48 min
Apr 22, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	63 min
Apr 22, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Union	40 min
Apr 22, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	59 min
Apr 22, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	57 min
Apr 22, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	53 min
Apr 22, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	25 min
Apr 22, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	63 min
Apr 22, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	65 min
Apr 22, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Red River	44 min
Apr 22, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Winn	48 min
Apr 22, 4:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo	37 min
Apr 22, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	50 min
Apr 22, 5:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	46 min

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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.