Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2000, 12:23 AM CST for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2000, 12:23 AM CST (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2000, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:55 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Shreveport, LA | |
| Mar 29, 1:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Shreveport, LA | Trees and powerlines down which damaged homes in the Highland and Queensboro areas of town. |
| Mar 29, 1:02 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Bossier City, LA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSHV 290626 SVRSHV LAC015-017-290730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1223 AM CST WED MAR 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA BOSSIER PARISH IN LOUISIANA * UNTIL 130 AM CST * AT 1223 AM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHREVEPORT AT 1245 AM CST BENTON AND BOSSIER CITY AT 1250 AM CST HAUGHTON AT 110 AM CST THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. DO NOT REMAIN OUTSIDE...THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA BOSSIER PARISH IN LOUISIANA UNTIL 130 AM CST. LAT...LON 3284 9405 3242 9403 3238 9346 3283 9347
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, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 10:17 PM CST, 2 hours 6 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, 5 hours 38 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
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 28, 10:34 PM CST, 1 hour 49 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
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 28, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 46 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
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 28, 11:07 PM CST, 1 hour 16 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
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 28, 11:12 PM CST, 1 hour 11 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
NNNNLocal storm report, Mar 29, 12:16 AM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1214 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1205 AM MARSHALL TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/00 HARRISON HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS
AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
8 80 AND 154 FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 2:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 54 min |
| Mar 29, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 71 min |
| Mar 29, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.