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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 30, 2002Sabine Parish, Louisiana; Sabine County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 30, 2002, 8:28 PM CST for Sabine Parish, Louisiana; Sabine County, Texas. It was in force for 92 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: Dec 30, 2002, 8:28 PM CST (02:28 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2002, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Sabine Parish, LA, Sabine County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 30, 9:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Many, LA	Several large trees down across the area.

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
Dec 30, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

520 
WUUS54 KSHV 310228
SVRSHV
LAC085-TXC403-310400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
825 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 825 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CONVERSE TO 22
  MILES WEST OF HEMPHILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CONVERSE AT 835 PM CST
  ZWOLLE AT 905 PM CST
  HEMPHILL AT 920 PM CST
  MANY AT 945 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG 
DAMAGING WINDS. DO NOT REMAIN OUTSIDE.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

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 Dec 30, 7:10 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 7:10 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002

UPDATED TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH FROM NE TX...WHICH EXPIRED AT 7 PM.
OTHER TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST TX LAKES AND NW LA
UNTIL 9 PM.

SHV...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE AREA FOR TONIGHT.

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 6:00 AM CST, 14 hours 28 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 AM CST MON DEC 30 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTH LOUISIANA.
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE THAT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE
THROUGH TONIGHT.  IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL
BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR SOME RAINFALL ON TUESDAY TO WRAP AROUND
BEHIND THE FRONTAL SYSTEM.  HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

20

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 30, 6:52 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

LAZ010-011-017-018-TXZ150>153-165>167-310255-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
652 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
TEXAS AND PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...FOR PARTS OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS...AND PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

THE COUNTIES IN TEXAS INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE ANGELINA...
NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...PANOLA...AND RUSK.
THE PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH
ARE DE SOTO...NATCHITOCHES...RED RIVER...AND SABINE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 30, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	54 min
Dec 30, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	56 min
Dec 30, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Red River, Webster	57 min
Dec 30, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	58 min
Dec 30, 9:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln	49 min
Dec 30, 9:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	51 min
Dec 30, 10:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant	54 min
Dec 30, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita, Union	61 min
Dec 30, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	64 min
Dec 30, 6:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison	53 min
Dec 30, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2002 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002 Every 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.