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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 20, 1995Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1995, 10:25 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 1995, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2160 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
2160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 210326 RRA
SVRSHV
ARC139-210400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1025 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY
 
AT 1005 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STRONG
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.J
 
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

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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.