Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Nov 5, 1997, 5:58 AM CST (11:58 UTC)

Expired

Nov 5, 1997, 6:45 AM CST

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Cass County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 051159 RRA
SVRSHV
TXC067-051245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
558 AM CST WED NOV 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...CASS COUNTY
 
AT 555 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BOWIE-CASS COUNTY LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST
NEAR 30 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN DOUGLASSVILLE AND
ATLANTA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS.
 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN TEXARKANA.
 
GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE
TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 5, 3:04 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 AM CST WED NOV 5 1997

QUITE A BIT OF CNVTN GOING ON THIS MORNING SO THIS WILL NOT BE VERY
LONG. STG S/WV CONTS TO DIVE SE DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE ERN CONUS
TROF THIS MORNING AND LOW PRESSURE IS DEEPENING AT THE SFC IN RESPONSE.
SRLY FLOW IN THE LOW LVLS CONTS TO DRAW MSTR NWD AND IS YIELDING NMRS
ELEVATED SHRA/TSRA AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE MID/UPR LVL ENERGY. MDLS
ARE A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE FRONT THAN 24 HRS AGO AND NOW INDICATE
THE BNDRY REACHING NR TXK ARND 21Z...SHV NR 00Z AND EXITING THE AREA
BY ARND 06Z. VRY DRY AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR WILL SPILL IN BEHIND THE
SYS AND WILL RESULT IN FAIR AND DRY WX FOR US AS WE HEAD TWD THE END
OF THE WEEK.

FWC GUIDANCE HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT LATELY AND THE CRNT NUMBERS
LOOK OK. ETA AND AVN ARE A LITTLE COOLER THAN FWC ON THU BUT WITH
MAX SUNSHINE...THINK THE FWC NUMBERS ARE REACHABLE.

SHV 69/46/60/37 7200     MLU 65*/47/61/38 8500

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