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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 31, 2005Red River Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2005, 9:39 PM CST for Red River Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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, 9:39 PM CST (03:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2005, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Red River Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 7:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 010339
SVRSHV
LAC081-010430-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0071.050401T0339Z-050401T0430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 936 PM CST...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR HALL SUMMIT..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL RED RIVER PARISH NEAR WOMACK AT 950 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1030 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3217 9351 3205 9335 3220 9321 3224 9335

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WUUS54 KSHV 010342 CCA
SVRSHV
LAC081-010430-
/O.COR.KSHV.SV.W.0071.050401T0339Z-050401T0430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 936 PM CST...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER        
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL  
  SIZE  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM   
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HALL SUMMIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL RED RIVER PARISH NEAR WOMACK AT 950 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1030 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3217 9351 3205 9335 3220 9321 3224 9335

$$

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 010349
SVSSHV

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

LAC081-010430-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-050401T0430Z/
RED RIVER LA-
948 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR RED
RIVER PARISH...

AT 948 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THREE QUARTER OF 
AN INCH SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOMACK...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 3217 9351 3205 9335 3220 9321 3224 9335

$$

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, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 24 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.

&&

15

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 12:00 PM CST, 9 hours 39 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, 3 hours 35 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

&&

24

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:48 PM CST, 1 hour 51 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

&&

24

Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:33 PM CST, 1 hour 6 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.

&&

24

Local storm report, Mar 31, 9:34 PM CST, 5 minutes before

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

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

0930 PM     HAIL             TATUM                   32.31N 94.52W
03/31/2005  1.00 INCH        RUSK               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 6:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	56 min
Mar 31, 7:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	62 min
Mar 31, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	60 min
Mar 31, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Red River	63 min
Mar 31, 8:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	55 min
Mar 31, 8:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Webster	60 min
Mar 31, 9:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	60 min
Mar 31, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	63 min
Mar 31, 9:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	63 min
Mar 31, 10:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	58 min
Mar 31, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Red River	54 min
Mar 31, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	64 min
Mar 31, 10:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Webster	59 min
Mar 31, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Union	63 min
Mar 31, 11:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Winn	64 min
Mar 31, 11:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	62 min
Apr 1, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant	84 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.