Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1995, 12:22 AM CST for Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1995, 12:22 AM CST (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1995, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Mar 4, 8:45 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 4, 10:13 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061- 070-071-072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012- 013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-050615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1013 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1995 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA... AT 1008 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA NEAR CONVERSE AND EAST OF CENTER TEXAS OVER NORTHERN TOLEDO BEND LAKE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL. ELSEWHERE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS...ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE ...OVER EAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS AND FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DE BERRY TEXAS AND MANSFIELD LOUISIANA. SURFACE REPORTS ALSO INDICATED DRIZZLE OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION TONIGHT RESULTING IN DENSE FOG. THE FOG HAD REDUCED THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN MANY AREAS AND TO NEAR ZERO IN SOME. THE FOG WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN UNTIL A WARM FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND ALLOWS DRIER AIR TO FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE. LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:00 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061- 070-071-072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012- 013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-050600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1100 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1995 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 1050 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BETWEEN MANSFIELD ...CAMPTI...AND RINGGOLD. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR COUSHATTA AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH... AND BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL ALSO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS FROM NEAR JONESBORO/HODGE LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR WARREN ARKANSAS AND LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION TONIGHT RESULTING IN DENSE FOG. THE FOG HAD REDUCED THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN MANY AREAS AND TO NEAR ZERO IN SOME. THE FOG WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN UNTIL A WARM FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND ALLOWS DRIER AIR TO FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE. LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:07 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061- 070-071-072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012- 013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-050600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1100 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1995 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 1050 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BETWEEN MANSFIELD ...CAMPTI...AND RINGGOLD. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR COUSHATTA AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH... AND BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL ALSO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS FROM NEAR JONESBORO/HODGE LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR WARREN ARKANSAS AND LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION TONIGHT RESULTING IN DENSE FOG. THE FOG HAD REDUCED THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN MANY AREAS AND TO NEAR ZERO IN SOME. THE FOG WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN UNTIL A WARM FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND ALLOWS DRIER AIR TO FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE. LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:30 PM CST, 52 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061- 070-071-072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012- 013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-050640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1130 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1995 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 1125 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR RINGGOLD AND JUST SOUTH OF GIBSLAND. THE STRONGER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RINGGOLD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO NEAR 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR LONGVIEW NORTHEAST TO NEAR MARSHALL AND IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR IDA LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR HOPE AND WATERLOO ARKANSAS...ALSO FROM NEAR CALHOUN AND FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR MONTICELLO AND LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS. THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION TONIGHT RESULTING IN DENSE FOG. THE FOG HAD REDUCED THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN MANY AREAS AND TO NEAR ZERO IN SOME. THE FOG WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN UNTIL A WARM FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND ALLOWS DRIER AIR TO FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE. LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 48 min |
| Mar 5, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 65 min |
| Mar 5, 6:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Tensas | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.