Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Jan 23, 1997, 8:09 PM CST (02:09 UTC)

Expired

Jan 23, 1997, 9:00 PM CST

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Red River Parish, LA

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 240210 RRA
SVRSHV
LAC081-240300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
809 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...RED RIVER PARISH
 
AT 805 PM SHREVEPORT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING RED RIVER PARISH FROM THE WEST. THE
LINE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL ENTER RED RIVER
PARISH AROUND 815 PM AND MOVE THROUGH THE PARISH BY 900 PM.
 
WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE
OF THUNDER2STORMS.
 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CARMEL IN DE SOTO PARISH WITH THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS.
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
 
 
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 23, 7:45 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
745 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997

SVR WX RUNNING RAMPANT ACRS AREA THIS EVE. THOUGH STORMS ACRS MOST OF
REGION...WORST ACTIVITY APPEARS CONCENTRATED NR WARM FNT INDICATED STILL
JUST SOUTH OF A TYR-SHV-MLU LINE WHERE WINDS SHFT FM EAST TO SOUTH AND
DEWPOINTS JUMP INTO LWR/MID 60S. SHV SOUNDING INDICATES HELICITIES OF
3-400 ALG FNT DUE IN PART TO BNDRY LYR EAST FLOW. ALSO...K AND TT
INDECES STILL INCREASING TIL FROPA. ONLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT TOR THREAT
SHOULD DIMINISH AS WARM FNT ACCELERATES NORTH. HOWEVER...SVR THREAT
MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED PAST MIDNIGHT FOR AR/LA PORTIONS. LEWP HOLDING
TOGETHER IN NW LA AND EXPECT MORE SVR WX FM THAT. 3 HOUR FFG VALUES
GENERALLY 2-3 INCHES FM THIS MRNG AND AS 1-2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SVRL
AREAS...REPEAT ACTIVITY LIKELY RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLDG.

VII

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.