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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 14, 1996Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1996, 2:29 PM CDT for Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 1996, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 1996, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Caldwell Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Columbia, LA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 14, 10:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1230 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

0945 AM    CENTER                    TX   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   SHELBY

1038 AM    PLEASANT HILL             LA   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   SABINE

1100 AM    CENTER                    TX   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   SHELBY

1100 AM    ALLEN                     LA   NON QUALIFIED EVENT
04/14/96   NATCHITOCHES                   46 MPH WIND GUST.

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1232 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

1120 AM    MONROE                    LA   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   OUACHITA

1124 AM    CAMPTI                    LA   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   NATCHITOCHES

1127 AM    2 E STERLINGTON           LA   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   OUACHITA

1140 AM    SLIGO                     LA   0.50 INCH HAIL.
04/14/96   BOSSIER

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1234 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

1150 AM    MANSFIELD                 LA   0.50 INCH HAIL
04/14/96   DE SOTO                        KSHV 88D VIL 25 KG/M2
                                          THIS CELL.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	62 min
Apr 14, 10:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River	62 min
Apr 14, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	64 min
Apr 14, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	58 min
Apr 14, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Red River	65 min
Apr 14, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	68 min
Apr 14, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	63 min
Apr 14, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	62 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sabine	63 min
Apr 14, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	37 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln	64 min
Apr 14, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	51 min
Apr 14, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	39 min
Apr 14, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	37 min
Apr 14, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	59 min
Apr 14, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	27 min
Apr 14, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	27 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	53 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	40 min
Apr 14, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Shelby	42 min
Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	30 min
Apr 14, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	43 min
Apr 14, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	63 min
Apr 14, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead	29 min
Apr 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	44 min
Apr 14, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	56 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	29 min
Apr 14, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.