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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 27, 1997Panola County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 4:46 PM CDT for Panola County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Panola County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 3:54 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 3:58 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 4:20 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
420 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997

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

0350 PM    JEFFERSON                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97   MARION

0356 PM    BRIGHT STAR               AR   3 INCH HAIL
05/27/97   MILLER                         TWO TO THREE INCH HAIL
                                          FALLING IN SOUTHWEST
                                          MILLER COUNTY BREAKING
                                          WINDOWS OF HOME.  REPORT
                                          RELAYED BY KSLA TV-12.

0402 PM    THREE STATES              TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97   CASS                           DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED

0408 PM    ATLANTA                   TX   1 INCH HAIL
05/27/97   CASS

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Local storm report, May 27, 4:23 PM CDT, 23 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
May 27, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	64 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	62 min
May 27, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola	43 min
May 27, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	44 min
May 27, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Rusk	45 min
May 27, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	62 min
May 27, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	28 min
May 27, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Marion	52 min
May 27, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	48 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	46 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison	3 hr
May 27, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	53 min
May 27, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	59 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	54 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	54 min
May 27, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	45 min
May 27, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	61 min
May 27, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	48 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	50 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	67 min
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	55 min
May 27, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	58 min
May 27, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	61 min
May 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	69 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.