Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2000, 4:46 PM CDT for Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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
- Apr 23, 2000, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mineral Spgs, AR | Damage was primarily broken and downed trees with one residence suffering minor roof damage. |
| Apr 23, 5:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mineral Spgs, AR |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902 WUUS54 KSHV 232147 SVRSHV ARC061-232245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 446 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 446 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIERKS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. DO NOT REMAIN OUTSIDE...THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN ARKANSAS UNTIL 545 PM CDT.
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 Apr 23, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 307 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000 MAIN EVENT UNDERWAY AS DRY LINE PROGRESSES ACROSS NORTHEAST TX AND SOUTHEAST OK. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS THAT IT WILL MAKE A STEADY PUSH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIP MONDAY EXCEPT MAYBE EARLY SHOWERS EAST AND MAYBE FA TOMORROW. RATHER THAN PONTIFICATING I WILL FINISH UP PRODUCTS AND FOCUS ON SVR WX. BRIEFLY...NW FLOW WITH A SLUG OF MOISTURE PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NE TX TUESDAY SO WILL GO WITH 20 PERCENT CHANCES THERE. PARTLY CLOUDIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH EXTENDED WITH WARM TEMPS ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER RIDGE. PRELIM FIRST GUESSES... SHV 59/78/55/82/58 5100 MLU 61/77/55/78/56 7200 TXK 59/75/53/79/53 5101 TYR 57/79/54/81/57 3002 LFK 60/83/55/83/60 4101 .SHV...TORNADO WATCH TIL 7 PM FOR NE TX..SE OK..SW AR.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1140 AM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 AM 4 SE TULLOS LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/23/00 LA SALLE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL
ALONG SH 84
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
15Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
242 PM CST SUN APR 23 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM WRIGHT CITY OK .75 INCH HAIL
04/23/00 MCCURTAIN HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES
REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0228 PM 1 N WRIGHT CITY OK 1 INCH HAIL
04/23/00 MCCURTAIN HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
10Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
250 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0244 PM 1 S WRIGHT CITY OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/23/00 MCCURTAIN REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
15Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
320 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0258 PM BROKEN BOW OK TORNADO
04/23/00 MCCURTAIN POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF BROKEN BOW
REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
15Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
242 PM CST SUN APR 23 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM WRIGHT CITY OK .75 INCH HAIL
04/23/00 MCCURTAIN HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES
REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0228 PM 1 N WRIGHT CITY OK 1 INCH HAIL
04/23/00 MCCURTAIN HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
10Local storm report, Apr 23, 4:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
430 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM 2 N LINDEN TX TORNADO
04/23/00 CASS TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND
ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF HOMES REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sevier | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.