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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 1, 2000Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2000, 3:35 PM CST for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 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
Apr 1, 2000, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2000, 4:30 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Ouachita Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

822 
WUUS54 KSHV 012136
SVRSHV
LAC073-012230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
335 PM CST SAT APR 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OUACHITA PARISH IN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 335 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF
  BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS
AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. DO NOT REMAIN OUTSIDE...THIS IS A 
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OUACHITA PARISH IN LOUISIANA
UNTIL 430 PM CST.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.