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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 28, 2000Harrison County, Marion County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2000, 11:39 PM CST for Harrison County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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
Mar 28, 2000, 11:39 PM CST (05:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2000, 12:45 AM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 12:05 AM CSTHail 2.75Marshall, TX
Mar 29, 12:10 AM CSTHail 1.5Marshall Northeast, TXHail occurred along Hwy 80 from north and west Marshall across all of east Marshall.
Mar 29, 12:20 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 65 EMarshall, TXSeveral large trees down along Hwy 43.

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
Mar 28, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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.

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 Mar 28, 10:17 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 10:17 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1017 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000

VERY SEVERE STORMS MOVED EAST INTO THE AREA BUT ARE GRADUALLY
WEAKENING. STRONGEST CELL IN RUSK COUNTY MAINTAINED INDICATIONS OF
OF ROTATION AND GIANT HAIL FOR PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...LIKELY DUE TO
ITS ISOLATED PROXIMITY. STORMS FURTHER NORTH CLUSTERED TOGETHER AND
SOME STILL SEVERE...BUT WILL LIKELY NOT INCREASE IN INTENSITY. ALSO
TWEAKED AND EASED UP ON AMBIENT WINDS...RAISED POPS NORTH SECTIONS...
AND RAISED TEMPS A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES...AS NO REAL BOUNDARY SEEN
TO SWEEP THROUGH TONIGHT. COULD ALSO SEE MORE ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT
FURTHER TO WEST MOVE INTO EAST TEXAS LATER TONIGHT.

VII

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:45 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    MIRA                      LA   1 INCH HAIL
03/29/00   CADDO                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
                                          SPOTTERS

0553 PM    PLAIN DEALING             LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/00   BOSSIER                        REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
                                          SPOTTERS

0635 PM    SHREVEPORT                LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/00   CADDO                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
                                          SPOTTERS

NNNN
Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:34 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 PM CST MON MAR 27 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 PM    5 NW REESE                TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/28/00   CHEROKEE                       AT LAKE PALESTINE
                                          DAM FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1010 PM    1 S BULLARD               TX   3 INCH HAIL
03/28/00   CHEROKEE                       SPOTTER REPORT

1025 PM    4 E JACKSONVILLE          TX   2 INCH HAIL
03/28/00   CHEROKEE                       ON HWY 135 FROM
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

NNNN
Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1037 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1035 PM    JENA                      LA   .88 INCH HAIL
03/29/00   LA SALLE                       REPORTED BY PARISH SHERIFF

NNNN
Local storm report, Mar 28, 11:07 PM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1107 PM CST MON MAR 27 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1025 PM    JEFFERSON                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00   MARION                         FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

1035 PM    NEW SUMMERFIELD           TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/28/00   CHEROKEE                       HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
                                          COVERED HWY 110 FOR A
                                          LENGTH OF 1/4 MILE FROM
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

NNNN
Local storm report, Mar 28, 11:12 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1111 PM CST MON MAR 27 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1110 PM    5 N BENTON                LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/28/00   BOSSIER                        FROM KSLA METEOROLOGIST

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Morris, Titus55 min
Mar 28, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin55 min
Mar 28, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee54 min
Mar 28, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion40 min
Mar 28, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Rusk48 min
Mar 29, 12:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus60 min
Mar 29, 12:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWood38 min
Mar 29, 1:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUpshur67 min
Mar 29, 1:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion, Morris59 min
Mar 29, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison57 min
Mar 29, 5:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River38 min
Mar 29, 6:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass41 min
Mar 29, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass40 min
Mar 29, 5:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion44 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.