Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2001, 7:56 PM CDT for Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 26, 2001, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Webster Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Dixie Inn, LA | Large trees down blocking Doc Steed Road. |
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 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 Aug 26, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 235 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001 WHOA NELLIE. MODELS SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF 1000/500 MB MOISTURE...NOW THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA REMAINS AOA 70 PCT THROUGH PERIOD. OUR SURFACE FRONT SEEMS TO BE A WASHOUT EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK...AND WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF GENERAL STEERING...WE/LL PROBABLY SEE ENUF SUN AND HEATING EACH AFTERNOON TO FIRE OFF THE NECESSARY CONVECTION. FACILITATING SOME CONVECTION PERHAPS WILL BE A MARGINAL 250 MB JET MAX OVER AR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... KEEPING PORTIONS OF AREA IN RIGHT REAR AREA. THE PREVIOUS DRY EXTENDED WILL BE DAMPENED A BIT WITH SLIGHT CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY...EXCEPT FOR CHANCES FRIDAY. FMR/MEX POPS GO EVEN HIGHER BUT WILL NOT BITE ON THAT...AT LEAST TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AN UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST BY AVN TO MOVE INTO OK/TX AND TAP A RETURN FLOW OUT OF GULF...PEAKING DUE TO TROF AXIS PROXIMITY ON FRIDAY...THUS THE REASON FOR FAVORING FRIDAY/S POPS IN EXTENDED. RADAR GETTING ACTIVE...SO GONNA GO. 17 PRELIMS... SHV 73/92/72/93/73 4432 MLU 72/92/71/92/71 4432 TXK 73/92/73/94/73 5322 TYR 72/92/73/93/73 4432 LFK 72/92/72/92/71 3434 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
340 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM 5 N DE QUEEN AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01 SEVIER SHERIFF OFFICE REPORT.
VIII.Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
346 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0343 PM ASHDOWN AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01 LITTLE RIVER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICER REPORT.
VIII.Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
441 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0410 PM 9 NW NASHVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01 HOWARD HIGH WINDS ALSO REPORTED
BUT NO DAMAGE. AT CENTER
POINT COMMUNITY. SHERIFFS
OFFICE REPORT.
VIII.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.