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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 31, 2005Gregg County, Rusk County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2005, 8:36 PM CST for Gregg County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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: Mar 31, 2005, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2005, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gregg County, TX, Rusk County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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
Mar 31, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 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.

000 
WUUS54 KSHV 010239
SVRSHV
TXC183-401-010330-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0065.050401T0236Z-050401T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
836 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 831 PM CST...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER        
  RADAR INDICATED A SMALL BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF    
 PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS TO NEAR 60 
 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OVERTON...OR     
 ABOUT 15 MILES WEST  OF KILGORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVERTON BY 850 PM CST
  NEW LONDON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERTY CITY BY 855 PM CST
  KILGORE BY 900 PM CST

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM IN TYLER
EARLIER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION 
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 930 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3226 9498 3246 9498 3247 9481 3248 9479
      3248 9474 3244 9474 3242 9472 3225 9472

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 010304
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
903 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

TXC183-401-010330-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-050401T0330Z/
GREGG TX-RUSK TX-
903 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR RUSK
AND GREGG COUNTIES...

AT 900 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SMALL BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THE
STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR KILGORE SOUTH TO NEAR HENDERSON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROLLING MEADOWS BY 910 PM CST
  LAKEPORT BY 920 PM CST

LAT...LON 3226 9498 3246 9498 3247 9481 3248 9479
      3248 9474 3244 9474 3242 9472 3225 9472

$$

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 Mar 31, 7:15 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:15 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
715 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

.DISCUSSION...

ANOTHER ZONE UPDATE JUST SENT TO ADD SVR WATCH NUMBER 115 FOR SAN
AUGUSTINE...SABINE...AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN E TX...AND ALL OF N LA.
ALSO ADDED HAIL WORDING TO AREAS N OF THE FRONT /IE I-20
ZONES/...AND THE WIND/HAIL COMBO FARTHER S OF THE BOUNDARY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  54  60  42  69 /  70  30   0   0
MLU  57  60  43  67 /  70  30   0   0
DEQ  49  57  34  67 /  70  40   0   0
TXK  50  58  42  68 /  70  30   0   0
ELD  50  57  41  67 /  70  30   0   0
TYR  52  61  40  71 /  70  20   0   0
GGG  52  60  40  71 /  70  20   0   0
LFK  55  64  41  71 /  60  20   0   0

&&

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

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 12:00 PM CST, 8 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011200-
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 CST THU MAR 31 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS MOST OF EAST
TEXAS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...TONIGHT.

A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA...TO
TYLER TEXAS...TO DALLAS...SEPARATED MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH FROM
DRY AIR TO THE NORTH. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SLIGHTLY NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...
WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOUR STATE AREA TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO MOVE EAST TONIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR
STATE AREA...TRIGGERING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOIST
AIR...ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
20. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY PRODUCING HAIL...COULD
ALSO OCCUR NORTH OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER EAST OR NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND MOVE INTO NORTH
LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH
TONIGHT.

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:04 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
604 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

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

0550 PM     HAIL             10 E LINDALE            32.51N 95.23W
03/31/2005  0.88 INCH        SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL FELL ON FM 16

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:48 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
748 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

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

0740 PM     HAIL             N BLANCHARD             32.59N 93.89W
03/31/2005  1.00 INCH        CADDO              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HILLSIDE TRAILOR PARK

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:33 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
833 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

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

0810 PM     HAIL             5 E BENTON              32.69N 93.65W
03/31/2005  1.00 INCH        BOSSIER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PALMETTO SUBDIV.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	60 min
Mar 31, 6:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	67 min
Mar 31, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Rusk	42 min
Mar 31, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola	60 min
Mar 31, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	54 min
Mar 31, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	44 min
Mar 31, 8:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	44 min
Mar 31, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola	67 min
Mar 31, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	59 min
Apr 1, 12:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	54 min

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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.