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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 31, 1995Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 2:24 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 min.

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Issued
Jul 31, 1995, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1995, 2:55 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Caddo Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 281 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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