Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Apr 22, 1997, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Upshur County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 220533 RRA
SVRSHV
TXC459-220630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1231 AM CDT TUE APR 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...UPSHUR COUNTY
 
CURRENT DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
WEST OF BIG SANDY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 15 MPH AND
WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL TO NEAR 2.00 INCHES IN DIAMETER. GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM EARLIER 5 MILES NORTH OF HAWKINS
IN WOOD COUNTY.
 
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.
 
13/04

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 21, 8:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
855 PM CDT MON APR 21 1997

STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTHEAST TX INTO SOUTHERN AR THIS EVENING WITH
SHOWERS AND STORMS TRYING TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR IT. SO ONLY
CHANGES NEEDED ARE TO POSSIBLY RAISE TEMPS SLIGHTLY OVER NORTH LA
AND MAKE A FEW COMESTIC CHANGES.

IV

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1025 PM CDT MON APR 21 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0912 PM    8 S AVERY                 TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   RED RIVER                      HAIL COMPLETELY COVERED THE
                                          GROUND.

0914 PM    3 S AVERY                 TX   1 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   RED RIVER

0935 PM    3 N NEW BOSTON            TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   BOWIE

1000 PM    BASSETT                   TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   BOWIE
.
1020 PM    SIMMS                     TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   BOWIE

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1025 PM CDT MON APR 21 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0912 PM    8 S AVERY                 TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   RED RIVER                      HAIL COMPLETELY COVERED THE
                                          GROUND.

0914 PM    3 S AVERY                 TX   1 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   RED RIVER

0935 PM    3 N NEW BOSTON            TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   BOWIE

1000 PM    BASSETT                   TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   BOWIE
.
1020 PM    SIMMS                     TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/97   BOWIE

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.