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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 28, 1996Howard County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1996, 9:10 PM CDT for Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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 28, 1996, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 9:20 PM CDTHail 1.25Nashville, AR

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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 313 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 366 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo52 min
Apr 28, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster52 min
Apr 28, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith52 min
Apr 28, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Upshur60 min
Apr 28, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk61 min
Apr 28, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches53 min
Apr 28, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSevier25 min

Nearby

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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.