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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 11, 2003Franklin County, Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 4:24 AM CDT for Franklin County, Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2003, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

493 
WUUS54 KSHV 110924
SVRSHV
TXC159-387-111030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 423 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF BOGATA...OR
  ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOGATA AT 430 AM CDT
  HAGANSPORT AT 435 AM CDT 
  MOUNT VERNON AT 445 AM CDT 

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF 
PENNIES...AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH. DO NOT REMAIN OUTSIDE.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 530 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3366 9530 3307 9530 3307 9514 3366 9512

$$

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 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

STORM SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE OVER NE OK WILL MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEHIND THE LINE
SURROUNDS METROPLEX IN RESPONSE TO LOW LEVEL JET SHOWN ON PROFILER
NETWORK. CHANCE POPS TODAY ALL ZONES. MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO
PREVIOUS PACKAGE OTHERWISE.

STILL EXPECTING TO BE IN SOMEWHAT OF A MOIST...WARM...HUMID...
SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AN AIR MASS FOR NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THUS POPS WILL
BE RETAINED EVERYWHERE. STILL LOOKING FOR A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BENEATH AN OVERALL RIDGE
PATTERN THAT WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE NATION. 17

SHV 88/73/90/73/91 43332
MLU 87/73/90/72/91 43332
TXK 87/72/90/72/91 54333
TYR 90/73/90/74/91 53332
LFK 91/75/90/74/91 42332

.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 16 hours 24 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, 10:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes 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, 4 hours 53 minutes 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, 3 hours 38 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, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	59 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.