Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 12:40 AM CDT for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. 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
- May 13, 2000, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ouachita Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Monroe, LA | Several trees down across Hwy 557. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WUUS54 KSHV 130541 SVRSHV LAC073-130630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1240 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OUACHITA PARISH IN LOUISIANA * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1236 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST OF CLAIBORNE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLAIBORNE AT 1250 AM CDT BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...STERLINGTON...WEST MONROE AT 1255 AM CDT MONROE...RICHWOOD AT 100 AM CDT SWARTZ AT 105 AM CDT THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...FOLLOWED BY POTENTIALLY LARGE HAIL. REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OUACHITA PARISH IN LOUISIANA UNTIL 130 AM 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 May 12, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 940 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM CDT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT. NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND EAST TEXAS. COLD FRONT AT 900 PM EXTENDS FROM NEAR FORT SMITH TO NEAR PARIS TO NEAR DALLAS TEXAS. TONIGHTS SOUNDING INDICATE LIS NEAR -10...A CAPE OF 4500 J/KG AND PRECIPITABLE WATER TO 1.76 INCHES. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT IS OVER 12KT. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL KEEP LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. COLD FRONT THROUGH MOST OF FORECAST AREA BY MORNING. WILL UPDATE ZONES AT ABOUT 10 PM CDT TO TAKE OUT WATCHES IN NORTHWEST SECTIONS. WILL PUT NEW WATCH IN EAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS AREAS. 09 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 8:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM DE KALB TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 BOWIE TREES DOWN ACROSS FM 2735
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0747 PM MOUNT PLEASANT TX 1 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 TITUS FROM STORM SPOTTER
NNNNLocal storm report, May 12, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1045 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0852 PM 10 NW TYLER TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 SMITH DIME SIZED HAIL IN JAMESTOWN
REPORT FROM STORM SPOTTER
0857 PM 6 S NASHVILLE AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/12/00 HOWARD REPORT FROM STORM SPOTTER
0920 PM HOPE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 HEMPSTEAD TREES DOWN IN HOPE
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0928 PM 5 SE CANFIELD AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 LAFAYETTE DIME SIZED HAIL AT LAKE ERLINE
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0936 PM STAMPS AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 LAFAYETTE REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
15Local storm report, May 12, 11:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1130 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0925 PM PRESCOTT AR WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 NEVADA TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0940 PM 8 E QUITMAN TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 WOOD TREES DOWN ACROSS FM 2869
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0845 PM FOREMAN AR WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 LITTLE RIVER TREES DOWN IN FOREMAN
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0845 PM FOREMAN AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 LITTLE RIVER REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0950 PM LINDALE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 SMITH TREES DOWN ON HOUSE
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1005 PM SPRINGHILL LA .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 WEBSTER DIME SIZED HAIL FOR
15 MINUTES (1005P-1020P)
REPORT FROM STORM SPOTTER
1015 PM MARSHALL TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 HARRISON NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1025 PM LASSATER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 MARION 3 AREAS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS
HWY 49 W
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1025 PM 1 S LASSATER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 MARION TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AT
INTERSECTION OF HWY 729 AND 726
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
950 PM NEW HARMONY TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 SMITH GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ON FM 724
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
15Local storm report, May 13, 12:05 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1205 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM HAWKINS TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 WOOD TREE DOWN ACROSS FM 2869
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0945 PM 10 NE GILMER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 UPSHUR TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 2263
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0945 PM WALDO AR WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 COLUMBIA TREES DOWN
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0950 PM 8 E GILMER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 UPSHUR TREE DOWN ACROSS FM 1649
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
0950 PM ORE CITY TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 UPSHUR TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY 259
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1015 PM TYLER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 SMITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1043 PM OIL CITY LA WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 CADDO TREES DOWN
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1058 PM BENTON LA WIND DAMAGE
05/12/00 BOSSIER ROOF DAMAGE TO APARTMENT COMPLEX
REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 43 min |
| May 12, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 55 min |
| May 12, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 40 min |
| May 12, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 47 min |
| May 13, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 13, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.