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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Shreveport, LA

September 19, 1996Grant Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 1996, 7:55 PM CDT for Grant Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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: Sep 19, 1996, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Grant Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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
Sep 19, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Dry Prong, 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 Sep 19, 4:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 4:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 2:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 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
Sep 19, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	64 min
Sep 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	28 min
Sep 20, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	68 min
Sep 20, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	30 min
Sep 20, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	26 min
Sep 20, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	39 min
Sep 20, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	63 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.