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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 11, 1999Columbia County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1999, 1:10 PM CST for Columbia County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
Feb 11, 1999, 1:10 PM CST (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 1999, 2:00 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Columbia County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 11, 1:20 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52Taylor, ARTrees down in town along CR 18.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 11, 12:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 344 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1999-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 99 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1999-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass26 min
Feb 11, 11:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward48 min
Feb 11, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller46 min
Feb 11, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead33 min
Feb 11, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada47 min
Feb 11, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLafayette31 min
Feb 11, 1:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1999Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.