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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 7:33 AM CST for Jackson Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 7:33 AM CST (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 7, 2:17 AM CST, 5 hours 16 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- 013-014-015-016-018-019-021-025-023-017-070915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 217 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST TEXAS - ARKANSAS - AND NORTH LOUISIANA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH LOUISIANA AND A PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHICH INCLUDED DE SOTO- NATCHITOCHES - RED RIVER - SABINE - WINN -CALDWELL - AND FRANKLIN PARISHES IN LOUISIANA AND PANOLA AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST FOR RED RIVER - SOUTHERN DE SOTO - AND NORTHERN SABINE PARISHES... AT 217 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW INDICATED SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR HALL SUMMIT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CONVERSE AND ZWOLLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR HORATIO AND FULTON NORTH TO SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA AND NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. ARKANSAS. OVER LOUISIANA A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EAST OF A LINE FROM MAGNOLIA TO LOGANSPORT LOUISIANA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR COTTON VALLEY AND DUBACH LOUISIANA. RAPID DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR TENAHA WEST TO NEAR GARRISON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Local storm report, Mar 7, 3:00 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 2:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 2:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 2:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Tensas | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 2:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Madison | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 4:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 7:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 8:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Tensas | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 63 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.