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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 18, 1995Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 1:10 AM CDT for Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 1:47 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 327 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie33 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.