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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 16, 1995Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 1:15 AM CST for Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 1995, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1995, 2:15 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Union Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1122 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
3.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 12:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster63 min
Feb 16, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison46 min

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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.