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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 5, 1999Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 4:42 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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: May 5, 1999, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1999, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 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 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 May 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1999

ZIPPY SEVERE STORMS STARTING ALONG DRYLINE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALSO
SEEN ALONG RED RIVER OF NORTH TEXAS. DON/T THINK A SECOND ROUND IS
IN STORE ALONG FRONT...SO WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON DRYLINE. BEHIND
DRYLINE WILL KEEP A FEW LOW POPS BUT WON/T JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. DRY
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DRYLINE CURRENTLY ON DOORSTEP
OF TXK/GGG. RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE APPROACHING SHV.

WILL FINISH UP EXTENDED A LITTLE LATER...WILL ISSUE SHADOWS EARLY IN
ORDER TO JUMP BACK INTO THE SEVERE WEATHER FRYING PAN. GUIDANCE
TEMPS NOT TOO BAD.

SHV  57/80/54/80 5000   MLU  59/82/55/80 7000   TXK  53/76/50/77 2000
TYR  53/78/51/80 0000   LFK  56/82/54/82 5000

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 12:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 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, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	35 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.