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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 4, 1998Hempstead County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 11:05 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 4, 1998, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 12:10 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Miller County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Hope, AR

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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.2

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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 4, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
830 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

WILL UPDATE TO TAKE IN SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX MOVING
INTO NORTHEAST TX AND POSSIBLY NORTHWEST LA LATER TONIGHT. WILL ALSO
ADD HAZE TO FORECAST AS HAZE AND SMOKE HAVE RETURNED ONCE AGAIN.
OTHERWISE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK.

IV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:21 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1021 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1998

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

0925 PM    VALLIANT                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      TREES DOWN

0925 PM    10 N VALLIANT             OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      TREES DOWN AT PINE CREEK
                                          LAKE

0945 PM    BROKEN BOW                OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      TREES BLOWN DOWN

0945 PM    IDABEL                    OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      MOBILE HOME DAMAGE
IV
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:21 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1021 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1998

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

0925 PM    VALLIANT                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      TREES DOWN

0925 PM    10 N VALLIANT             OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      TREES DOWN AT PINE CREEK
                                          LAKE

0945 PM    BROKEN BOW                OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      TREES BLOWN DOWN

0945 PM    IDABEL                    OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98   MCCURTAIN                      MOBILE HOME DAMAGE
IV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River62 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Wood60 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVTitus60 min
Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie62 min
Jun 4, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorris48 min
Jun 4, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVWood61 min
Jun 4, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Upshur67 min
Jun 4, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion, Morris32 min
Jun 4, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg32 min
Jun 4, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison62 min
Jun 4, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion62 min
Jun 4, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk58 min
Jun 5, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola47 min
Jun 5, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp31 min
Jun 5, 7:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk48 min
Jun 5, 7:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg32 min
Jun 5, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola63 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSan Augustine47 min
Jun 5, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina47 min
Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches46 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSan Augustine55 min
Jun 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine61 min
Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo60 min
Jun 5, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster60 min
Jun 5, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo45 min
Jun 5, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne61 min
Jun 5, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo46 min
Jun 5, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto45 min
Jun 5, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier45 min
Jun 5, 9:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster44 min
Jun 5, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Red River49 min
Jun 5, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne51 min
Jun 5, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches47 min
Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Winn46 min
Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln46 min
Jun 5, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union60 min
Jun 5, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell60 min
Jun 5, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLaSalle47 min
Jun 5, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine62 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches64 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant63 min
Jun 4, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Sevier61 min
Jun 4, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLafayette, Nevada62 min
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.