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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 12, 2001Cass County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2001, 3:25 AM CST for Cass County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 12, 2001, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 4:30 AM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 3:35 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 EJefferson, TXSeveral large trees toppled near Lake O The Pines.
Mar 12, 3:50 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 70 EMarshall, TXA roof was blown off an old wood frame house in west Marshall from straight line winds (macroburst).
Mar 12, 4:00 AM CSTHail 1Marshall Northeast, TXHail completely covered the ground while trees and vegetation were stripped.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2001-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
517 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

490 
WUUS54 KSHV 120926
SVRSHV
TXC067-203-315-121030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CST

* AT 325 AM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER   
RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF 
DAINGERFIELD...ACROSS LAKE O THE PINES TO NEAR LONGVIEW TEXAS. THIS 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 
30 MPH.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 
60 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...HEAD FOR A STRONG BUILDING. 

BE ALERT FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON 
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 430 AM CST.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith25 min
Mar 12, 3:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg44 min
Mar 12, 3:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Morris, Upshur35 min
Mar 12, 3:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola65 min
Mar 12, 4:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby41 min

Nearby

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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.