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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 11, 2003Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 1:31 AM CDT for Red River County, Texas. 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: Jun 11, 2003, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2003, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 59 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), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 2842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

525 
WUUS54 KSHV 110631
SVRSHV
TXC387-110730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
130 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 130 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BOGATA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER CLARKSVILLE AT 145 AM CDT

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

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3343 9526 3343 9481 3370 9480 3389 9520

$$

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 Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

WILL BE UPDATING THE 400 PM ZONES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SOME TEMPERATURES. UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER
THE FOUR STATE REGION EARLIER THIS EVENING HELPED PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THEM ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. UPSTREAM ANOTHER DISTURBANCE SPREADING
TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

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.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 13 hours 31 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>167-111100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
818 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 PM    11 NW LUFKIN              TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   ANGELINA                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          GENERAL PUBLIC.

0545 PM    5 NE TYLER                TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   SMITH                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0555 PM    CUSHING                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   NACOGDOCHES                    TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0600 PM    GARY                      TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   PANOLA                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0620 PM    3 S KARNACK               TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   HARRISON                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0625 PM    DEADWOOD                  TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   PANOLA                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0648 PM    15 NW MARSHALL            TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   HARRISON                       NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0650 PM    SMITHLAND                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   MARION                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0705 PM    SHREVEPORT                LA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   CADDO                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ON SW SIDE OF TOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 10:31 PM CDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1031 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    HOPE                      AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   HEMPSTEAD                      TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0839 PM    FOUKE                     AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   MILLER                         TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0915 PM    HOMER                     LA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   CLAIBORNE                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:31 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1131 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0814 PM    TEXARKANA                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   BOWIE                          TREE ON HOUSE. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0814 PM    TEXARKANA                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   MILLER                         TREE ON HOUSE. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0830 PM    BRADLEY                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   LAFAYETTE                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0831 PM    OGDEN                     AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   LITTLE RIVER                   TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0840 PM    STAMPS                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   LAFAYETTE                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0840 PM    2 W MILLWOOD LAKE         AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03   LITTLE RIVER                   TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:46 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1246 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    BEN LOMOND                AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   SEVIER                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0850 PM    TOLLETTE                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   HOWARD                         SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0850 PM    ROSSTON                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   NEVADA                         TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0900 PM    2 W NASHVILLE             AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   HOWARD                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0910 PM    PROVO                     AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   SEVIER                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0915 PM    PRESCOTT                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   NEVADA                         TIN OFF OF A BARN ON CNTY
                                          RD 28 ON S SIDE OF TOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	43 min
Jun 11, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River	66 min
Jun 11, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Titus	54 min
Jun 11, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Morris	58 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.