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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 7, 2004Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2004, 5:12 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 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: Apr 7, 2004, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
Apr 7, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 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.

788 
WUUS54 KSHV 072212
SVRSHV
ARC057-061-072315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
510 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON...OR 
ABOUT   9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF NASHVILLE.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MILLWOOD 
STATE PARK WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE STORM IN A STRONG
BUILDING.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3383 9380 3366 9377 3366 9351 3420 9408

$$

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 Apr 7, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
310 PM CDT WED APR  7 2004

.DISCUSSION...
CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER LAKE TEXOMA WILL OPEN AND MOVE EAST...INTO
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. BUT UNTIL THEN...
EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING
OVER THE CWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WITH COLD AIR ALOFT...WET-BULB ZERO BELOW 10K...HAIL CHANCE WILL
HIGH. SEVERE TSTM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CWA...AND
WILL MENTION SEVERE IN ALL ZONES.

DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CWA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER FAST MOVING SYSTEM ROTATING AROUND
CANADIAN LOW WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO NORTHERN ZONES ON FRIDAY. THIS ONE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SERIES
OF SHORT WAVES UNTIL SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW MOVES EAST INTO
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY. COOLER AIR WILL SPILL SOUTH SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  57  79  57  79 /  50   0   0   0
MLU  58  78  56  79 /  50   0   0   0
TXK  57  78  57  78 /  50   0   0  30
TYR  55  77  56  80 /  50   0   0   0
LFK  55  80  56  82 /  50   0   0   0

&&

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

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 12:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED APR 7 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>167-081100-
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 APR 7 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. INCREASING MOISTURE WITH THE APPROACH OF
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND A
SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE AREA...WILL PROVIDE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.
THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
440 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-080100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-CLAIBORNE-
COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-JACKSON-
LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-
NACOGDOCHES-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-WOOD-
440 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...FOR ALL
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MANY TO COUSHATTA
TO MONROE. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	32 min
Apr 7, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	37 min
Apr 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	40 min
Apr 7, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	66 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	32 min
Apr 7, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nevada	57 min
Apr 7, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	48 min
Apr 7, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	55 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.