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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 11, 1998Harrison County, Marion County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 1998, 6:04 PM CST for Harrison County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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: Jan 11, 1998, 6:04 PM CST (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 1998, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 11, 6:11 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Jonesville, TX

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 11, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 11, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 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 Jan 11, 2:55 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 2:55 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
255 PM CST SUN JAN 11 1998

MODELS ALL SEEM SIMILAR THIS AFTN WITH S/WV PUSHING THRU THE CWA TONIGHT.
HEAVIEST LIKELY TO RMN ACRS NE TX...SE OK AND SW AR THIS EVNG AND
TONIGHT. ALREADY SATURATED GRND THESE AREAS CALL FOR FFAS. AS S/WV
MOVES NE THRU THE RGN ACTIVITY ONGOING IN NE TX AND SW AR SHUD REORIENT
FROM SW TO NE TO MORE OF A N-S CONFIGURATION. AS THIS HAPPENS WUD EXPECT
ACTIVITY TO INCREASE IN SPEED. THIS WILL LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR LINGERING
HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS EVNG AND TONIGHT FOR NW LA BUT POTENTIAL FOR
SVR WILL LIKELY INCREASE. WILL NEED TO MONITOR NW LA AS PCPN EVENT
BGNS DVLPG THIS AREA DRNG THE EVNG FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN FFA.

WILL MENTION LIKELY TO CAT POPS MOST ALL AREAS THIS EVNG WITH LOWEST
POPS ACRS E TX LAKES AREA AND N LA...HIGHEST NE TX AND SW AR. POPS
SHUD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS S/WV PULLS E. SOME
LINGERING SHWRS POSSIBLE MON MRNG BUT THEN MUCH DRIER AT ALL BUT
SFC BGNS MOVG INTO THE RGN BY AFTN.
.
SFC BOUNDARY FCST TO SLIDE SE INTO THE CWA BY LATE MON NIGHT AND ERLY
TUE MRNG. WITH MOST OF THE MSTR PUSHED WELL TO THE E BY THEN WUD NOT
EXPECT MUCH MORE THAN INCEASE IN CLDS WITH THIS FTR. ALTHOUGH A LITTLE
SHWR ACTIVITY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

WILL STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS THRU THE FCST. NGM POPS LOOK A LITTLE
LOW ACRS SRN AEAS TONIGHT BUT AVN A LITTLE TOO HIGH. WILL USE COMPROMISE
FIGURES FOR THE EVNG HOURS.

SHV 51/68/50/63 7311   MLU 52/68/52/64 7511

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 3:21 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
321 PM CST SUN JAN 11 1998

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

200 PM     2 SE IDABEL               OK   .75 INCH HAIL
01/11/98   MCCURTAIN

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 3:21 PM CST, 2 hours 43 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
Jan 11, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	39 min
Jan 11, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Rusk	45 min
Jan 11, 7:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	61 min
Jan 11, 10:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	35 min
Jan 11, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	47 min
Jan 11, 7:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	48 min
Jan 11, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	35 min
Jan 11, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	48 min
Jan 11, 8:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	60 min
Jan 11, 8:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	69 min
Jan 11, 9:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	27 min
Jan 11, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	62 min
Jan 11, 11:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sabine	60 min
Jan 12, 12:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	54 min
Jan 12, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant	47 min
Jan 11, 6:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nevada	56 min
Jan 11, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.