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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1996, 8:39 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 13, 1996, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1996, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bossier Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:55 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Plain Dealing, 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 Jun 13, 2:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 200 AM CDT THU JUN 13 1996 SHWRS AND TSTMS CONT TO MOVE EAST ACRS NE TX AND SW AR ERLY THIS MRNG JUST TO THE N OF E-W ORIENTED THETA-E RDG ACRS THE NRN POTIONS OF THE CWA. AM AGN NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY MODELS ARE HANDLING MOVEMENT... OR RATHER LACK THERE OF...OF VORT LOBES THRU THE AREA. NGM ONCE AGN IS THE ONLY MODEL THAT WANTS TO MOVE VORT LOBES THRU THE CWA WHILE BOTH AVN AND ETA STALL VORT LOBES OVR THE AREA DRNG THE DAY. THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY. WUD EXCEPT SLOW MOVEMENT OF NGM...BUT NO MOVEMENT OVR AN 18 TO 24 HOUR PRD?! NOT LIKELY. THEREFORE FEEL NGM SOLN IS BETTER FOR THIS FCST PRD. CONTD SRLY LOW LVL FLOW SHUD KEEP ENUF LOW LVL MSTR ARND AND DAYTIME HTG WILL COMBINE WITH VORT LOBE MOVG THRU THIS AFTN AND EVNG TO ONCE AGN TRIGGER SHWRS AND TSTMS. SPC THINKING IS POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD STG TO SVR PSBL. SEE SWODY1. BY FRI CHCS FOR PCPN BEGIN TO LESSEN AS UPR LVLt RDG AND MID LVL RIDGING BGN TO BLD MORE INTO THE WRN PORTION OF THE AREA. WILL ONCE AGN STICK CLOSER TO NGM MOS TEMPS THAN COOLER AVN TEMPS. WILL BUMP POPS UP A LTL AS WELL. SHV 93/72/93/71 4331 MLU 92/70/91/71 4432 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.