Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 12:38 AM CDT for Panola County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Panola County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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, Apr 10, 7:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061- 070-071-072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-010-011-012-013-014-018- 019-021-017-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 748 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 AT 745 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT... AND IN A LINE FROM NASHVILLE ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES WEST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS... AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... INCLUDING HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...MILLER...LAFAYETTE... AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR EAST TEXAS... AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 900 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061-070-071-072- LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-010-011-012-013-014-018-019-021-017- 110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 851 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 AT 840 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED EASTERN TEXAS... SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF LOUISIANA. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF VALLIANT OKLAHOMA TO NEAR TYLER TEXAS ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MADISONVILLE TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED ON EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HOPE ARKANSAS ACROSS ATLANTA TEXAS AND LONGVIEW TO WEST OF REKLAW TEXAS. ALSO...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM DE BERRY TEXAS TO SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SWOUTH OF SHREVEPORT AND NEAR MANY LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS NEAR ONE INCH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THEIR PASSAGE. AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE OCCURING. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE ARKLATEX TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN TEXAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. NNNN R p0 7 _WWUSF TEM 40 45L WUUS < 1 15r*H WUUST py6WWUS6 XgWWUS H4 014 23 1225/3V cq`WWUS| | lF6WWUSh POP06 0 @"6WWUS g WUUS lg%6WWUS 8S6WWUS 0
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061-070-071-072- LAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-010-011-012-013-014-018-019-021-017- 110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 851 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 AT 840 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED EASTERN TEXAS... SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF LOUISIANA. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF VALLIANT OKLAHOMA TO NEAR TYLER TEXAS ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MADISONVILLE TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED ON EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HOPE ARKANSAS ACROSS ATLANTA TEXAS AND LONGVIEW TO WEST OF REKLAW TEXAS. ALSO...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM DE BERRY TEXAS TO SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SWOUTH OF SHREVEPORT AND NEAR MANY LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS NEAR ONE INCH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THEIR PASSAGE. AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE OCCURING. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE ARKLATEX TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN TEXAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. NNNN R p0 7 _WWUSF TEM 40 45L WUUS < 1 15r*H WUUST py6WWUS6 XgWWUS H4 014 23 1225/3V cq`WWUS| | lF6WWUSh POP06 0 @"6WWUS g WUUS lg%6WWUS 8S6WWUS 0
Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:05 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Rusk | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 57 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.