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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 5, 1999Harrison County, Panola County, Texas; Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 2:15 PM CDT for Harrison County, Panola County, Texas; Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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: May 5, 1999, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1999, 2:50 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX, Panola County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 5, 2:30 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Dotson, TX
May 5, 2:49 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Shreveport, LA
May 5, 3:00 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Carthage, 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 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 May 5, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 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
May 4, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	47 min
May 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee	64 min
May 4, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	65 min
May 4, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg	48 min
May 4, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	64 min
May 4, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches	62 min
May 4, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	59 min
May 5, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches	33 min
May 5, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	50 min
May 5, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	50 min
May 4, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	31 min
May 4, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	47 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	65 min
May 4, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville	50 min
May 4, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Lincoln	62 min
May 4, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	49 min
May 5, 4:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne	61 min
May 5, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	56 min
May 5, 6:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	49 min
May 5, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	35 min
May 5, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	50 min
May 5, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	47 min
May 5, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	50 min
May 5, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	47 min
May 5, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Webster	47 min
May 5, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Winn	48 min
May 5, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	48 min
May 4, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	30 min
May 5, 7:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	63 min
May 5, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	19 min
May 5, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	35 min
May 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	33 min
May 5, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	48 min
May 5, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1999 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.