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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 376, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 26, 1996Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1996, 8:04 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 1996, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Caddo Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1996 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.