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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 1, 2004Hempstead County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2004, 2:45 AM CDT for Hempstead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2004, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2004, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hempstead County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 2142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.2

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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 May 1, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
115 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

.DISCUSSION...
SENDING OUT QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 139...TO GRIDS AND ZONES. THIS WATCH WILL STILL HAVE
ALL OF THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES AS THE EARLIER WATCH BUT EXTENDS FURTHER
E. EASTWARD EXTENSION IS A LINE FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY IN AR...TO
WEBSTER...DE SOTO...IN LA...SHELBY...NACOGDOCHES...AND ANGELINA IN
TX. WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM.

&&

.PREVIOUS POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  67  73  54  71 /  50  80  50  20
MLU  66  78  55  68 /  40  80  60  30
TXK  63  70  50  71 /  70  80  30  10
TYR  65  70  52  72 /  70  80  40  20
LFK  68  75  54  72 /  50  80  50  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 12:00 PM CDT, 14 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ISOLATED. A
SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TODAY. THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO THE
REGION.  SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.  IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT COULD ALLOW FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON
SATURDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA
BY THE END OF SATURDAY NIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS AGAIN
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.  SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.  ALSO...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION ON SATURDAY...AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE
OVER THE SAME AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING NORTHWEST AND LATER TONIGHT
ELSEWHERE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
854 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0641 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 SW FLORIEN           31.35N 93.58W
04/30/2004                   SABINE             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 473 AND
            191...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TORO COMMUNITY

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1021 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 PM     HAIL             GARVIN                  33.95N 94.94W
04/30/2004  0.75 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1057 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 PM     HAIL             IDABEL                  33.90N 94.82W
04/30/2004  0.88 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, May 1, 2:10 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW PITTSBURG          32.96N 95.01W
05/01/2004                   CAMP               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS FM 556

0104 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 S MOUNT PLEASANT      33.12N 94.98W
05/01/2004  59 MPH           TITUS              TX   AWOS

0155 AM     TSTM WND GST     NEW BOSTON              33.46N 94.42W
05/01/2004  60 MPH           BOWIE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AWIPSUSR

Local storm report, May 1, 2:10 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW PITTSBURG          32.96N 95.01W
05/01/2004                   CAMP               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS FM 556

0104 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 S MOUNT PLEASANT      33.12N 94.98W
05/01/2004  59 MPH           TITUS              TX   AWOS

0155 AM     TSTM WND GST     NEW BOSTON              33.46N 94.42W
05/01/2004  60 MPH           BOWIE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Special weather statement, May 1, 2:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072-LAZ001>003-010-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>153-165-011200-
ANGELINA-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-
FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-
MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-PANOLA-
RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WOOD-
245 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139 CONTINUES IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HAIL...STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION WEST OF A
PRESCOTT TO BRADLEY ARKANSAS...PLAIN DEALING AND OIL CITY LOUISIANA
AND MARSHALL...LONGVIEW...AND TUSK TEXAS LINE. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A BAND FROM NEAR ASHDOWN TO TEXARKANA AND
FOUKE ARKANSAS...AND FROM NEAR WINONA TO TYLER  AND NOONDAY TEXAS.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	30 min
Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	61 min
Apr 30, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin	65 min
May 1, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Wood	65 min
May 1, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Titus	67 min
May 1, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur	60 min
May 1, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Morris	52 min
May 1, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	55 min
May 1, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	61 min
May 1, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Marion	57 min
May 1, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	64 min
May 1, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	52 min
May 1, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg	58 min
May 1, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Rusk	64 min
May 1, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Smith	4 hr
May 1, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	55 min
May 1, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	57 min
May 1, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola	66 min
May 1, 4:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Rusk	3 hr
May 1, 5:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee	3 hr
May 1, 6:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	54 min
May 1, 7:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Shelby	3 hr
May 1, 8:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches	4 hr
Apr 30, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	55 min
May 1, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	59 min
May 1, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	64 min
May 1, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lafayette	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.