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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 7, 1995Red River Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 2:11 AM CST for Red River Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 3:15 AM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Red River Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1090 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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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 6, 11:00 PM CST, 3 hours 11 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-
013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-070600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN ARKANSAS...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA...

AT 1055 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANNING ARKANSAS TO MAGNOLIA
ARKANSAS TO JUST EAST OF SHREVEPORT TO THE SOUTH END OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR TO NEAR LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.

WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA OF RAIN A 40 TO 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CAMDEN AND
EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO RUSTON AND HOMER LOUISIANA TO NATCHITOCHES AND
MANY LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE RINGGOLD AREA...JUST
NORTHWEST OF NATCHITOCHES AND JUST EAST OF MANY LOUISIANA. THESE
STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...HAIL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 12:00 AM CST, 2 hours 11 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-
013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-070700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN ARKANSAS...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA...

AT 1155 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANNING ARKANSAS TO JUST EAST OF
MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS TO HOMER LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTH END OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR TO ALONG THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER WEST OF LAKE CHARLES.

WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA OF RAIN A 40 TO 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HERMITAGE
EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO FARMERVILLE...RUSTON AND MONROE LOUISIANA TO
WINNFIELD AND NATCHITOCHES TO FORT POLK.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM THE BIENVILLE AREA TO JUST
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF COUSHATTA AND FROM THE WINNFIELD AREA TO JUST
SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND WINDS OF 30
TO 40 MPH.

THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 12:30 AM CST, 1 hour 41 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-
013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-070730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1230 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA...

AT 1230 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANNING ARKANSAS TO JUST EAST OF
MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS TO HOMER LOUISIANA TO NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA TO FORT
POLK.

WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA OF RAIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM RUSTON AND BIENVILLE LOUISIANA TO THE WINNFIELD AND
NATCHITOCHES AREAS OF LOUISIANA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM THE WINNFIELD AREA TO
THE VICINITY OF NATCHITOCHES...THE STRONGER STORMS WERE STILL CAPABLE
OF PRODCUING VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOP0ED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM ARKADELPHIA ARKANSAS TO TEXARKANA TO LINDEN TEXAS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO
NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUING HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AS THEY
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:30 AM CST, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
130 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY MARCH 6TH 1995

TIME CST PARISH/COUNTY/STATE   EVENT/LOCATION

425  PM   TENSAS      LA   MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY TENSAS PARISH
                           SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THE TENSAS CIVIL DEFENSE
                           COORDINATOR.

1145 PM   CALDWELL    LA   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG U.S. HWY
                           165 SOUTH OF COLUMBIA AND LA HWY'S 849 AND 850
                           NEAR COLUMBIA.

...PLEASE NOTE THE WARNING MONDAY FOR TENSAS PARISH WITH A TIME OF 916 AM
...SHOULD HAVE BEEN 316 PM...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne67 min
Mar 7, 2:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Sabine64 min
Mar 7, 2:36 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVTensas69 min
Mar 7, 2:59 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVMadison61 min
Mar 7, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Sabine60 min
Mar 7, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River60 min
Mar 7, 4:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson67 min
Mar 7, 7:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville47 min
Mar 7, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Winn57 min
Mar 7, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln57 min
Mar 7, 8:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVTensas51 min
Mar 7, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison63 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.