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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 15, 2001LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2001, 3:15 AM CDT for LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 15, 2001, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2001, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County LaSalle Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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
Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 54 E	Jena, LA	Severa large trees blown over.

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.8

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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 Jun 15, 3:00 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:00 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CANADA
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING...WILL
PROGRESS EAST DURING THE DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY BY
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN A NEAR ZONAL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL U.S. UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES
ESTABLISHED OVER MUCH OF THE GULF AND SOUTHWEST PART OF THE
NATION INTO NEXT WEEK.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER PATTERN LOOK FOR A
MOSTLY DRY PERIOD AFTER TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. PROBLEM FOR
TODAY WILL BE WHEN TO END THE RAIN THAT IS ONGOING THIS MORNING AND
TEMPERATURES. HIGHER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE OVER THE EAST AND
OVER THE SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.

SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING INDICTED THAT THE COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTH TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL WANDER INTO
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR AN ELD TO SHV
AND TYR LINE BY THIS AFTERNOON WHERE IT BECOME RATHER DIFFUSE...AS
THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND NORTH FROM
REGION.

06

PRELIM NUMBERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ZONE ISSUANCE...

SHV 089/068/093/068/093 4000
MLU 088/068/093/067/093 5000
TXK 	087/067/090/069/093 1000
TYR 087/067/092/069/094 3000
LFK 089/070/093/068/094 6000

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

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

0845 PM IDABEL OK 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 MCCURTAIN TREES DOWNED OVER POWER
LINES. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0850 PM 2 N CLARKSVILLE TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 RED RIVER TREES DOWNED ON HWY 37.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0855 PM HOCHATOWN OK 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 MCCURTAIN TREES DOWNED IN BEAVER
BEND ST PARK. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0900 PM TALCO TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 TITUS TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0915 PM DE KALB TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 BOWIE CARPORT BLOWN OFF HOUSE
NEAR TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0937 PM 2 E DE QUEEN AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 SEVIER TREES DOWN ALONG FM RD
EAST OF TOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0950 PM MAUD TX TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/01 BOWIE 60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0950 PM REDWATER TX TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/01 BOWIE 60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW b ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1159 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

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

0955 PM    2 W NASHVILLE             AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HOWARD                         TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

0955 PM    NASHVILLE                 AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HOWARD                         WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF ONE
                                          BUSINESS IN TOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY TRAINED SPOTTER.

1000 PM    2 NW CORINTH              AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HOWARD                         VERY LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          BLOCKING THE ROAD ALONG
                                          HWY 369. REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

1015 PM    8 W JEFFERSON             TX   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   MARION                         TREES DOWNED NEAR LAKE O'
                                          THE PINES. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1035 PM    WOODLAWN                  TX   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HARRISON                       TREES DOWNED NEAR HWY 59
                                          NEAR TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1040 PM    BLEVINS                   AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HEMPSTEAD                      TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY H
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, Jun 15, 12:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1217 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

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

0930 PM    WINNSBORO                 TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   FRANKLIN                       TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0937 PM    3 E QUITMAN               TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   WOOD                           TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0940 PM    GILMER                    TX   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   UPSHUR                         TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

1115 PM    BLANCHARD                 LA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   CADDO                          TREES DOWNED ALONG i
                                          BLANCHARD LATEX ROAD.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
150 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

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

1100 PM    10 N PRESCOTT             AR   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   NEVADA                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON 19
                                          NEAR PIKE COUNTY LINE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1100 PM    3 NE BODCAW               AR   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   NEVADA                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          CROSSROADS OF 53 & 278.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1100 PM    BODCAW                    AR   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   NEVADA                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0125 AM    MARTIN                    LA   .75 INCH HAIL
065/15/01   RED RIVER                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:51 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
251 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

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

1215 AM    GLOSTER                   LA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/01   DE SOTO                        TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

1215 AM    KEATCHIE                  LA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/01   DE SOTO                        TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0120 AM    PLEASANT HILL             LA   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/01   SABINE                         TREES DOWNED ALONG HWY
                                          175. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0120 AM    BELMONT                   LA   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/01   SABINE                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED
                                          ALONG HWY 120 AND HWY 175.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0125 AM    2 N MARTHAVILLE           LA   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/01   NATCHITOCHES                   TREES DOWNED ALONG HWY
                                          487. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0140 AM    1 W NATCHITOCHES          LA   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/01   NATCHITOCHES                   TREES DOWNED NEAR HWY
                                          3191. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	62 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin, Titus	53 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	57 min
Jun 14, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Upshur, Wood	59 min
Jun 14, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	61 min
Jun 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	60 min
Jun 14, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	67 min
Jun 15, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	64 min
Jun 15, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	64 min
Jun 15, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	57 min
Jun 15, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant	57 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	57 min
Jun 14, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	54 min
Jun 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Miller	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.