Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 7:36 AM CST for Harrison County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1995, 7:36 AM CST (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1995, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 550 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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, Jan 18, 5:55 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>026-181300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 555 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR DESOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND FOR PANOLA...RUSK...AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PARTS OF EASTERN TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...A PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND A PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EASTERN TEXAS... PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AT 545 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF GILMER TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR DANGERFIELD TEXAS TO CARTHAGE TEXAS. ALSO...A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR WARREN ARKANSAS TO ARCADIA LOUISIANA TO CONVERSE LOUISIANA. WITHIN THIS AREA A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WAS NOTED NEAR CALHOUN LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR DESOTO PARISH AND FOR RUSK ...SHELBY AND PANOLA COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS. THE RAIN HAD DIMINISHED IN THE WARNED AREAS BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WAS INCOMPLETE AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. IN ADDITION ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS WILL PLAGUE THE AREA THIS MORNING. PERSONS IN EASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS FLOODING. /
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 5:56 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>026-181300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 555 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR DESOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND FOR PANOLA...RUSK...AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PARTS OF EASTERN TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...A PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND A PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EASTERN TEXAS... PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AT 545 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF GILMER TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR DANGERFIELD TEXAS TO CARTHAGE TEXAS. ALSO...A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR WARREN ARKANSAS TO ARCADIA LOUISIANA TO CONVERSE LOUISIANA. WITHIN THIS AREA A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WAS NOTED NEAR CALHOUN LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR DESOTO PARISH AND FOR RUSK ...SHELBY AND PANOLA COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS. THE RAIN HAD DIMINISHED IN THE WARNED AREAS BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WAS INCOMPLETE AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. IN ADDITION ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS WILL PLAGUE THE A@REA THIS MORNING. PERSONS IN EASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS FLOODING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Ouachita | 67 min |
| Jan 18, 4:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Tensas | 58 min |
| Jan 18, 6:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 63 min |
| Jan 18, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 56 min |
| Jan 18, 7:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 42 min |
| Jan 18, 7:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette | 62 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.