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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 3, 1999Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1999, 3:35 PM CST for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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: Apr 3, 1999, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1999, 4:25 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Union County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 3, 3:55 PM CST	Hail 1	El Dorado, AR
Apr 3, 4:00 PM CST	Hail 2.75	El Dorado, AR
Apr 3, 4:02 PM CST	Hail 2.75	Wesson, AR
Apr 3, 4:08 PM CST	Hail 1.75	El Dorado, 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 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 Apr 3, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
200 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

COMPLICATED FORECAST SCENARIO CONTINUES.  WENT MAINLY WITH THE AVN
MODEL TODAY. IT LOOKS TO HANDLE THE JET STREAM AND ASSOCIATED
DIVERGENCE...AND PRECIP AREAS THE BEST FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD.
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS
TODAY POSE THE BIGGEST QUESTION...WHAT TO DO WITH FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES.  AS THE DIVERGENCE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL JET MOVES
NORTHEAST AND WEAKENS LATER TONIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DO THE
SAME. THERE WILL BE POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN NOW THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES COULD PROBABLY BE DROPPED ON THE
LATE AFTERNOON ISSUANCE. WILL CONTINUE WITH A LIKELY POPS IN SHV AND
TXK FOR THE EVENING WITH CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN
THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE WEAK FRONT...WHICH LIES NEAR A
PARIS TX TO AUSTIN TX LINE.

EXPECT SOME REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...
SO WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL GO A LITTLE
HIGHER THAN MOS ON MIN TEMPS...AND FAIRLY CLOSE ON MAXES.

SHV 64/78/64/77 6354    MLU 66/78/65/79 5354
TXK 61/75/64/75 6532    TYR 62/79/64/78 3453
LFK 67/79/64/78 4453

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
135 PM CST SAT APR 03 1999

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

1238 PM    QUITMAN                   TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   WOOD                           FEW TREES DOWN ON FM 69
                                          NORTH OF QUITMAN. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF OFFICE.

1250 PM    WINNSBORO                 TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   WOOD                           COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          WINNSBORO.  REPORTED BY
                                          WINNSBORO POLICE.

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
135 PM CST SAT APR 03 1999

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

1238 PM    QUITMAN                   TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   WOOD                           FEW TREES DOWN ON FM 69
                                          NORTH OF QUITMAN. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF OFFICE.

1250 PM    WINNSBORO                 TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   WOOD                           COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          WINNSBORO.  REPORTED BY
                                          WINNSBORO POLICE.

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:17 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
217 PM CST SAT APR 03 1999

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

0213 PM    TYLER                     TX   FLOODING
04/03/99   SMITH                          URBAN STREET FLOODING IN
                                          TYLER WITH HIGHWAY 271 AND
                                          MARTIN LUTHER KING
                                          INTERSECTION CLOSED.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:17 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
217 PM CST SAT APR 03 1999

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

0213 PM    TYLER                     TX   FLOODING
04/03/99   SMITH                          URBAN STREET FLOODING IN
                                          TYLER WITH HIGHWAY 271 AND
                                          MARTIN LUTHER KING
                                          INTERSECTION CLOSED.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:02 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
302 PM CST SAT APR 03 1999

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

0255 PM    5N OVERTON                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/99   RUSK                           REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:02 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
302 PM CST SAT APR 03 1999

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

0255 PM    5N OVERTON                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/99   RUSK                           REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 2:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	63 min
Apr 3, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur	31 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk, Smith	30 min
Apr 3, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Rusk	45 min
Apr 3, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	50 min
Apr 3, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	47 min
Apr 3, 3:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto	46 min
Apr 3, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	31 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	44 min
Apr 3, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne	49 min
Apr 3, 4:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	32 min
Apr 3, 5:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	34 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.