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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 25, 2003Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2003, 6:35 PM CST for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 25, 2003, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2003, 7:00 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2003-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 750 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 2003-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KSHV 260035
SVRSHV
TXC387-260100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
634 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 634 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN 
DIAMETER.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 700 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3396 9521 3391 9507 3374 9487 3375 9479
          3370 9475 3334 9475 3340 9529 3388 9530

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Red River29 min
Mar 25, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVTitus44 min
Mar 25, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorris41 min
Mar 25, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass50 min
Mar 25, 10:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Smith42 min
Mar 25, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk61 min
Mar 26, 1:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCherokee3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.