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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 3, 1996Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 10:46 PM CDT for Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 3, 1996, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1996, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 10:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Foreman, AR
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDTHail 0.75Ashdown, AR
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65De Queen, AR
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Lockesburg, 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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1996-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1996-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 040346
SVRSHV
ARC081-133-040445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1046 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LINE OF SEVER
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GILLHAM TO NEAR
EAGLETOWN OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL AS
THEY MOVE ACROSS LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER COUNTIES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY...SUCH AS YOUR CAR...BOAT...AND
PETS...FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
 
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.