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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 2, 2004Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT for Red River County, Texas. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 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 23:00 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 12:00Z, 11.0 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-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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -500 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

713 
WUUS54 KSHV 022300
SVRSHV
TXC387-030000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
558 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM    
  NEAR VALLIANT OKLAHOMA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF KANAWHA TEXAS...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKSVILLE BY 630 PM CDT
  BOGATA BY 640 PM CDT

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE TO 
TREES...POWER LINES...AND BUILDINGS. EXPECT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 
70 MPH ALONG WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL TO NEAR QUARTER SIZE. THIS IS 
A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. TAKE COVER...NOW 

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

LAT...LON 3394 9513 3387 9504 3385 9496 3382 9496
      3374 9487 3373 9477 3334 9475 3342 9488
      3340 9529 3388 9530 3396 9522

$$

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 2, 5:32 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 5:32 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
532 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

.DISCUSSION...
A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN TWO
THIRDS OF THE FOUR STATE AREA. AN UPDATED SET OF ZONES WILL BE
ISSUED SHORTLY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
MARCH SOUTH SOUTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE AREA THIS
EVENING.

PRELIMS ARE NEXT...

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  68  85  67  87 /  40  50  30  20
MLU  68  85  67  86 /  50  50  30  20
TXK  67  83  65  86 /  50  50  20  20
TYR  68  84  67  87 /  50  50  30  20
LFK  70  86  69  88 /  40  50  40  20

&&

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

&&

03

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 12:00 PM CDT, 6 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 2 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>167-031100-
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 WED JUN 2 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS SOUTHEAST
TOWARDS THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY COULD THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTH TOWARDS THE RED
RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY OR MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST
COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY NUDGE ITS WAY SOUTH
INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT AND DRY LINE INTERSECTION
LATE TONIGHT...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRING FARTHER EAST INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY NUDGE SOUTH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA BEFORE STALLING OUT
SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS
THAT THE MOST ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE
REGION OVER NORTHERN TEXAS...CONTINUED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
MOVING OVER THE REGION ATOP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD HELP TO
INITIATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. GIVEN THE
MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE...AND POSSIBLY SOME HEATING THAT MAY OCCUR
DURING THE DAY WHICH COULD FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...SOME
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THURSDAY...PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:54 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
554 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004

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

0525 PM     DOWNBURST        5 E PICKENS             34.40N 94.94W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY BETWEEN PICKENS AND BATTIEST.

&&

LH

Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
556 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004

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

0537 PM     DOWNBURST        BATTIEST                34.40N 94.93W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   PUBLIC

            TIN ROOF PEELED OFF BARN IN BATTIEST.

&&

LH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Wood	56 min
Jun 1, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur	62 min
Jun 1, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	60 min
Jun 1, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg	56 min
Jun 1, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	67 min
Jun 1, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	65 min
Jun 1, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	53 min
Jun 1, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Rusk	65 min
Jun 1, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Marion	52 min
Jun 1, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola	61 min
Jun 2, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	60 min
Jun 2, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches	57 min
Jun 2, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	62 min
Jun 2, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	59 min
Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	59 min
Jun 2, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	San Augustine	63 min
Jun 2, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	53 min
Jun 2, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	31 min
Jun 2, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	87 min
Jun 2, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	31 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.