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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 2, 1997Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 2:51 PM CST for Little River County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 2, 1997, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 1997, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Little River County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 022052 RRA
SVRSHV
ARC081-022130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
251 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY
 
AT 249 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORHTERN MILLER COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTH OF TEXARKANA APPROACHING THE RED RIVER
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHDOWN. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER ALONG WITH WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 45 MPH.
 
IF YOUr ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY...SUCH AS YOUR CAR...BOAT...AND
PETS...FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

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 Mar 2, 8:40 AM CST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 8:40 AM CST, 6 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
840 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997

H500 LOW OVER W TX ATTM WITH H850 LOW OVER SE TX. AS UPR LVL TROF
AND COLD POCKET BGN PULLING TO THE E WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCREASE
IN AMOUNT OF SVR WX LATE THIS MRNG AND ERLY THIS AFTN.

NEW ETA HAS THIS H500 LOW OVER NE TX BY 00Z TONIGHT WITH VORT MAX
WORKING ACRS SE TX AND INTO SW LA BY THIS EVNG. HEAVY RAIN SHUD
PRECEDE THIS FTR ACRS SRN 1/2 OF CWA.

SEE NO REASON TO MAKE SIG CHANGES TO GOING FCST EXCEPT TO TWEAK
TEMPS AS HIGHS WIL LIKELY NOT GET AS WARM AS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ACRS
NRN LA.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 12:34 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1234 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

1045 AM    HAGANSPORT                TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   FRANKLIN

1100 AM    CLARKSVILLE               TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   RED RIVER

Local storm report, Mar 2, 12:38 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1234 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

1045 AM    HAGANSPORT                TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   FRANKLIN

1100 AM    CLARKSVILLE               TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97   RED RIVER

Local storm report, Mar 2, 12:45 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1245 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

1155 AM    MANSFIELD                 LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        BRIGDE ON COTTON BELT ROAD
                                          WASHED OUT

1155 AM    KEATCHIE                  LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        BRIDGE ON JESSIE LATIN
                                          ROAD WASHED OUT

1155 AM    GLOSTER                   LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        HIGHWAY 5 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

1155 AM    FRIERSON                  LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        HIGHWAY 175 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

Local storm report, Mar 2, 12:47 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1245 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

1155 AM    MANSFIELD                 LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        BRIGDE ON COTTON BELT ROAD
                                          WASHED OUT

1155 AM    KEATCHIE                  LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        BRIDGE ON JESSIE LATIN
                                          ROAD WASHED OUT

1155 AM    GLOSTER                   LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        HIGHWAY 5 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

1155 AM    FRIERSON                  LA   FLOODING
03/02/97   DE SOTO                        HIGHWAY 175 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

Local storm report, Mar 2, 2:08 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
208 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

0130 PM    SHELBYVILLE               TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   SHELBY                         SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER

0130 PM    EL DORADO                 AR   FLOODING
03/02/97   UNION                          SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED

Local storm report, Mar 2, 2:12 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
208 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH LOCATION....

0130 PM    SHELBYVILLE               TX   FLOODING
03/02/97   SHELBY                         SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER

0130 PM    EL DORADO                 AR   FLOODING
03/02/97   UNION                          SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 1:03 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Union	4 hr
Mar 2, 5:37 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	3 hr
Mar 2, 5:37 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Union	3 hr
Mar 2, 7:47 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	4 hr
Mar 2, 11:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	4 hr
Mar 2, 11:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Union	4 hr
Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	47 min
Mar 2, 2:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	40 min
Mar 2, 2:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.