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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 11, 2002Jackson Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2002, 7:04 PM CDT for Jackson Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2002, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 7:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EJonesboro, LANumerous 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2002-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2549 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 2002-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

409 
WUUS54 KSHV 120004
SVRSHV
LAC049-127-120030-
/NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0225.120003-120030/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
703 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  JONESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3232 9276 3199 9278 3202 9254 3233 9258

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine63 min
Jul 12, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto63 min
Jul 12, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.