Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Jan 23, 1996, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)

Expired

Jan 23, 1996, 4:45 PM CST

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Shelby County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS1 KSHV 232203 RRA
SVRSHV
TXC419-232245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
402 PM CST TUE JAN 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTER MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 23, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
230 PM CST TUE JAN 23 1996

COLDFRONT CURRENTLY NEAR A DEQUEEN AR TO TYLER TX LINE. TORNADO WATCH
RECENTLY ISSUED FOR ALL NORTH LA AND MUCH OF EAST TEXAS. HIGH SHEAR
AND LOW CAPES WILL RESULT IN FAST MOVING STORMS WITH PRIMARY THREAT
BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH JUST ENOUGH VEERING FOR
POSSIBLE TORNADOES. SO FAR ONLY WEAK MESOCYCLONE DETECTION ON 88D BUT
WITH MAIN PVA STILL WELL WEST INTO TEXAS THINGS COULD STILL BECOME
MORE ACTIVE. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECT TEMPS TO DROP RAPIDLY ALONG
WITH CLEARING SKIES...INDICATED BY EXTREMELY SHARP DEW POINT GRADIENT.
SOUTHERLY FLOW TO RETURN BY WED NIGHT SO DO NOT EXPECT LOWS TO QUITE
`BOTTOM OUT`. THEREFORE...EXPECT LOWS TO BE IN OR NEAR THE 30S AREAWIDE
FOR NEXT TWO NIGHTS. RETURN FLOW TO BECOME RATHER STRONG BUT WITHOUT
AN IMMEDIATE MOISTURE TRANSPORT SO THURSDAY WILL BECOME RATHER WARM
AND DRY.

SHV 35/54/31/64 4000
VII

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.