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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 4, 1999Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 1999, 3:11 PM CST for Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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: Dec 4, 1999, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 1999, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 4, 11:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Dec 4, 3:10 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 3:10 PM CST, 1 minute 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
Dec 4, 11:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Wood	30 min
Dec 4, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Titus	33 min
Dec 4, 1:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Morris	33 min
Dec 4, 1:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	60 min
Dec 4, 1:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	64 min
Dec 4, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	47 min
Dec 4, 2:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	44 min
Dec 4, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Harrison	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.