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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 6, 1995Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 6:15 AM CST for Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 6:15 AM CST (12:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 7:15 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Union Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSHV 061215 RRA
SVRSHV
LAC111-013-027-049-061-061315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
615 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...UNION PARISH
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BIENVILLE PARISH...CLAIBORNE PARISH
   ...NORTHERN JACKSON PARISH...LINCOLN PARISH
 
AT 613 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER QUITMAN AND 5 MILES EAST OF HEFLIN
LOUISIANA.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR.
 
HIGH WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY.
 
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.

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, Jan 6, 2:40 AM CST, 3 hours 35 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>026-060940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY FOR THE
RED RIVER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS..DUE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN
AND DRIZZLE...SLEET...ALSO A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS...
...A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 1/2 INCH...
...RAIN...SHOWERS...WINTERY WEATHER...AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 230 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE
ADJACENT SECTION OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE PRECIPITATION CONSISTED
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME SLEET...SHOWERS...
AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  THE AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM NEAR READER SOUTHWEST TO STAMPS AND CANFIELD ARKANSAS
TO NEAR OIL CITY AND SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA AND CARTHAGE AND RUSK
TEXAS.  THIS AREA WAS ABOUT 80 MILES WIDE.  THE TEMPERATURES ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WERE
NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MAUD TEXAS
EAST TO NEAR TEXARKANA AND WATERLOO ARKANSAS.  AS A RESULT THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY ON EXPOSED SURFACES
SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES...CARS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..AND
ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
AND POSSIBLE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.  SOME OF THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURING AS MODERATE TO HEAVY.  THE HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION WAS FROM NEAR FULTON AND TEXARKANA ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO
NEAR LINDEN AND MARSHALL TEXAS.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT
NEAR 40 MPH.  PERSONS TRAVELING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
..AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO ICING CONDITIONS.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS IN A 40 MILE WIDE THAT
EXTENDED EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR RUSTON LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR
HAMBURG AND CROSSETT ARKANSAS.  THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED
NEAR FARMERVILLE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 4:25 AM CST, 1 hour 50 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>026-061110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
425 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...RAIN...SHOWERS...WINTERY WEATHER...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 420 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
PINE BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO BERNICE...MINDEN...
AND MANSFIELD LOUISIANA AND SAN AUGUSTINE AND LUFKIN TEXAS.  THE
PRECIPITATION CONSISTED OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...
SHOWERS..AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  THE WINTERY MIX WAS INDICATED
OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MAUD TEXAS EAST TO TEXARKANA AND WATERLOO
ARKANSAS.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WERE NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING AND
ACCUMULATATION WILL OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER
LINES...CARS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES
RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR PLAIN DEALING LOUISIANA AND MARSHALL AND CARTHAGE TEXAS WITH
OTHER HEAVIER RAINFALL NEAR HAYNESVILLE...LAKE BISTINEAU...AND STONEWALL
LOUISIANA. LUCKILY THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN AN AREA THAT
HAD TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AT 420 AM.

EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE ICING
ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND TRAVEL WITH CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ENDING THE ICING CONDITIONS BY MID DAY.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 4:29 AM CST, 1 hour 46 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>026-061110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
425 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...RAIN...SHOWERS...WINTERY WEATHER...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 420 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
PINE BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO BERNICE...MINDEN...
AND MANSFIELD LOUISIANA AND SAN AUGUSTINE AND LUFKIN TEXAS.  THE
PRECIPITATION CONSISTED OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...
SHOWERS..AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  THE WINTERY MIX WAS INDICATED
OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MAUD TEXAS EAST TO TEXARKANA AND WATERLOO
ARKANSAS.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WERE NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING AND
ACCUMULATATION WILL OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER
LINES...CARS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES..AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES
RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR PLAIN DEALING LOUISIANA AND MARSHALL AND CARTHAGE TEXAS WITH
OTHER HEAVIER RAINFALL NEAR HAYNESVILLE...LAKE BISTINEAU...AND STONEWALL
LOUISIANA. LUCKILY THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN AN AREA THAT
HAD TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AT 420 AM.

EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE ICING
ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND TRAVEL WITH CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ENDING THE ICING CONDITIONS BY MID DAY.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:22 AM CST, 53 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>026-061330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..
...RAIN...SHOWERS...WINTERY WEATHER...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 520 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW AN
AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
PINE BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO RUSTON AND FLORIEN
LOUISIANA TO NEWTON TEXAS.  THE PRECIPATATION CONSISTED OF FREEZING
RAIN AND DRIZZLE...SLEET...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  THE
WINTERY MIX WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MAUD TEXAS
TO TEXARKANA AND NEAR WATERLOO ARKANSAS.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH-
EAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE RED
RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE AT OR BELOW FREEZING AND ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE WILL OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...CARS..
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES WHICH WILL RESULT IN
VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.  THE PRECIPATATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS THROUGH THE
SHREVEPORT AREA INTO TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY.  FORTUNATELY...THE HEAVIER
RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN AREA THAT HAS ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS OF
520 AM.

EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE ICING
ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND TRAVEL WITH CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AROUND MID DAY.
ENDING THE ICING CONDITIONS BY MID DAY.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:24 AM CST, 51 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>026-061330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..
...RAIN...SHOWERS...WINTERY WEATHER...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 520 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW AN
AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
PINE BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO RUSTON AND FLORIEN
LOUISIANA TO NEWTON TEXAS.  THE PRECIPATATION CONSISTED OF FREEZING
RAIN AND DRIZZLE...SLEET...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  THE
WINTERY MIX WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MAUD TEXAS
TO TEXARKANA AND NEAR WATERLOO ARKANSAS.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH-
EAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE RED
RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE AT OR BELOW FREEZING AND ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE WILL OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...CARS..
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES WHICH WILL RESULT IN
VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.  THE PRECIPATATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS THROUGH THE
SHREVEPORT AREA INTO TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY.  FORTUNATELY...THE HEAVIER
RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN AREA THAT HAS ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS OF
520 AM.

EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE ICING
ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND TRAVEL WITH CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AROUND MID DAY.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:25 AM CST, 50 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>026-061330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..
...RAIN...SHOWERS...WINTERY WEATHER...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND THE ADJACENT SECTION OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 520 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW AN
AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
PINE BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO RUSTON AND FLORIEN
LOUISIANA TO NEWTON TEXAS.  THE PRECIPATATION CONSISTED OF FREEZING
RAIN AND DRIZZLE...SLEET...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  THE
WINTERY MIX WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MAUD TEXAS
TO TEXARKANA AND NEAR WATERLOO ARKANSAS.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH-
EAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE RED
RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE AT OR BELOW FREEZING AND ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE WILL OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...CARS..
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES WHICH WILL RESULT IN
VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.  THE PRECIPATATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS THROUGH THE
SHREVEPORT AREA INTO TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY.  FORTUNATELY...THE HEAVIER
RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN AREA THAT HAS ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS OF
520 AM.

EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE ICING
ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND TRAVEL WITH CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AROUND MID DAY.
ENDING THE ICING CONDITIONS BY MID DAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 6:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln60 min
Jan 6, 7:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion26 min
Jan 6, 7:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita58 min
Jan 6, 7:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorehouse58 min
Jan 6, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, West Carroll62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.