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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 27, 1997Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1997, 9:05 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 27, 1997, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Caddo Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Shreveport, LA	Numerous trees and power lines were toppled producing widespread power outages.
Jun 27, 9:15 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Shreveport, 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 Jun 27, 3:02 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:02 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:57 PM CDT, 8 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
Jun 28, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	57 min
Jun 28, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	49 min
Jun 28, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lafayette	48 min
Jun 28, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	46 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.