Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 30, 2002, 8:46 PM CST for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2002, 8:46 PM CST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2002, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Union County, AR
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KSHV 310246
SVRSHV
ARC139-310345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
845 PM CST MON DEC 30 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 945 PM CST
* AT 845 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL
DORADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
9 MILES SOUTH OF EL DORADO AT 900 PM CST
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH.
REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
UNTIL 945 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3336 9296 3304 9297 3304 9261 3335 9259
3336 9274What 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 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 7:10 PM CST, 1 hour 36 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 46 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 54 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, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.