Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 3:03 PM CDT for Red River Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1995, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Red River Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 2462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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, May 28, 9:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 28, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ165-152-166-167-LAZ005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-011-281745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVE
Special weather statement, May 28, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ153-165-152-166-167-LAZ006-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014- 011-281845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1245 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX... AT 1240 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR MANY LOUISIANA TO NEAR JONESBORO AND LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LEESVILLE AND APPROACHING ALEXANDRIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 28, 1:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ153-165-152-166-167-LAZ006-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014- 011-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 151 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE ARKLATEX... AT 146 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LUFKIN TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD TO MANSFIELD AND COUSHATTA TO NEAR MONROE AND LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIESRAINFALL IS LOCATED NEAR CONVERSE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS DRIFTING NORTHWARD. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:23 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ150-151-153-165-152-166-167-LAZ001-002-003-004-006-005-010-012- 013-018-019-021-017-014-011-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 223 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR BIENVILLE EAST TO JUST NORTH OF RUSTON AND MONROE EXTENDING EAST TO NEAR BASTROP LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM EAST OF LUFKIN ACROSS THE SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR NORTHEAST TO CONVERSE EXTENDING EAST TO NEAR PLEASANT HILL...POWHATTAN AND CHESTNUT LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR MILAM IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ACROSS THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO NEAR NATCHIOTCHES AND POWHATAN LOUISIANA. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS CELLS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 45 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING...BREIF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON AND NORTHERN SECTIONS LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING WITH THIS ONGOING WEATHER SITUATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 62 min |
| May 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 65 min |
| May 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 33 min |
| May 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 38 min |
| May 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 28 min |
| May 28, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard | 28 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.