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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 2, 2004Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 8:57 PM CDT for Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 78 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, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 2641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

533 
WUUS54 KSHV 030157
SVRSHV
LAC061-111-030315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERNICE...
  OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BERNICE BY 910 PM CDT
  7 MILES NORTH OF FARMERVILLE BY 930 PM CDT

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE TO
TREES...POWER LINES...AND BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER...NOW

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3256 9242 3254 9244 3254 9253 3256 9255
      3258 9279 3258 9279 3276 9271 3300 9265
      3299 9211

$$

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, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 5:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 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.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 57 minutes 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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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

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

0600 PM     HAIL             VALLIANT                34.00N 95.09W
06/02/2004  0.75 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VALLIANT                34.00N 95.09W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0620 PM     HAIL             DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
06/02/2004  0.75 INCH        SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
06/02/2004                   SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0620 PM     TSTM WND GST     DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
06/02/2004  75 MPH           SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0632 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROKEN BOW              34.03N 94.74W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0632 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROKEN BOW              34.03N 94.74W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE.

0632 PM     HAIL             HARRIS                  33.75N 94.73W
06/02/2004  1.00 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED WIND AMOUNT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
643 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004

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

0600 PM     HAIL             VALLIANT                34.00N 95.09W
06/02/2004  0.75 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VALLIANT                34.00N 95.09W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0620 PM     HAIL             DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
06/02/2004  0.75 INCH        SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
06/02/2004                   SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0620 PM     TSTM WND GST     DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
06/02/2004  75-80 MPH        SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0632 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROKEN BOW              34.03N 94.74W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0632 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROKEN BOW              34.03N 94.74W
06/02/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE.

0632 PM     HAIL             HARRIS                  33.75N 94.73W
06/02/2004  1.00 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   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 2, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	73 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	70 min
Jun 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	70 min
Jun 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	55 min
Jun 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Red River	77 min
Jun 2, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	82 min
Jun 2, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Winn	74 min
Jun 2, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	50 min
Jun 2, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle	69 min
Jun 2, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.