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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 27, 1997Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 2:43 PM CDT for Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
May 27, 1997, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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 May 27, 9:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 9:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River64 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie62 min
May 27, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola43 min
May 27, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison44 min
May 27, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk45 min
May 27, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass28 min
May 27, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion52 min
May 27, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison48 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass46 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison3 hr
May 27, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison53 min
May 27, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola59 min
May 27, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie59 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison54 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby54 min
May 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo45 min
May 27, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto61 min
May 27, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier48 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster50 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville67 min
May 27, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier55 min
May 27, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller58 min
May 27, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette61 min
May 27, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller69 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.