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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 25, 2002Shelby County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2002, 7:27 PM CST for Shelby County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2002, 7:27 PM CST (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2002, 8:30 PM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2002-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1114 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KSHV 260127
SVRSHV
TXC419-260230-
/NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0034.260124-260230/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
724 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 724 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTER AT 755 PM CST
  TENAHA AT 805 PM CST
  OVER JOAQUIN AT 830 PM CST

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. DO NOT REMAIN OUTSIDE.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
UNTIL 830 PM CST.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 8:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina39 min
Mar 25, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches61 min
Mar 25, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.