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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2001, 10:46 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Morris County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- May 6, 2001, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2001, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Morris County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Naples, TX | |
| May 6, 11:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Douglassville, TX | Several large trees down. |
| May 6, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Linden, TX | Several large trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSHV 070348 SVRSHV TXC037-063-067-159-343-449-459-070445- /NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0077.070346-070445/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1046 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1046 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEW BOSTON TO MOUNT PLEASANT AND TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... OVER HOOKS AT 1100 PM CDT OVER NAPLES...OMAHA AT 1110 PM CDT OVER MAUD AT 1120 PM CDT OVER NASH...REDWATER AT 1125 PM CDT OVER TEXARKANA...PITTSBURG...WAKE VILLAGE AT 1130 PM CDT OVER DAINGERFIELD AT 1145 PM CDT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY. THIS BAND WILL PRODUCE HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS. REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.
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 May 6, 9:56 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 9:56 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 955 PM CDT PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE. 06 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 6:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
649 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM SUTTON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0635 PM 5 S PRESCOTT AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 ~NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, May 6, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM SUTTON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0635 PM 5 S PRESCOTT AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0725 PM LANEBURG AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, May 6, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
943 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM SUTTON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0635 PM 5 S PRESCOTT AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0725 PM LANEBURG AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 NEVADA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0920 PM RED HILL TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 CASS REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS
0933 PM RED HILL TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 CASS REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 65 min |
| May 6, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 63 min |
| May 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 57 min |
| May 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 53 min |
| May 6, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 61 min |
| May 6, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 32 min |
| May 6, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 61 min |
| May 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus | 59 min |
| May 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Upshur | 59 min |
| May 6, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 64 min |
| May 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 53 min |
| May 7, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 44 min |
| May 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 60 min |
| May 7, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 55 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.