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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 17, 2006Gregg County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2006, 6:19 PM CDT for Gregg County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2006, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gregg County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 17, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
420 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE AND ALOFT CONTINUED TO HOLD OVER THE
FOUR STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AROUND THE PERIPHERY ACROSS THE MS DELTA AND
OVER EAST TEXAS INTO SE OK AND SW AR. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL
CONTINUE TO HOLD OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND ACROSS THE TN VALLEY
INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SURFACE RIDGE FROM SE STATES INTO THE COASTAL
SECTIONS OF TX AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THE HIGH ALOFT
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE WEEKEND WITH FLOW ALOFT
TRANSITIONING TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION AND ALLOWING A WEAK COLD
FRONT TO ENTER FORECAST AREA. WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF RAIN FOR
THE SOUTHERN ZONES. WILL CONTINUE THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY
WITH INCREASING DEW POINTS INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION WITH GULF
MOISTURE. WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 AND THE HUMIDITIES
COMBINED...EXPECT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO RANGE FROM NEAR 105 TO
110 DEGREES. HOPEFULLY WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN THERE WILL BE
A LITTLE BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN TOWARD THE MID WEEK PERIOD NEXT
WEEK AND A TREND TO MAYBE LOWER TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL AREA TAF SITES WITH WIDE SPREAD
FEW CU.  THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS STRONG AT 596 AND STILL CENTERED
OVER THE MEMPHIS AREA.  ANOTHER PORTION(595)OF THE RIDGE HAS BROKEN
OFF AND MOVED OVER EASTERN TEXAS THIS AFTENNOON. THERE STILL
REMAINS A WEAK BOUNDARY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WHICH COULD
STILL TOUCH OFF SOME MORE ACTIVITY IN EAST TEXAS.  HOWEVER...THE FEW
CELLS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ARE SOUTHWEST OF LFK AND MOVG SW.
OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND EARLY MORNING PERIOD WILL LIKELY CONTINUE VFR
FOR ALL SITES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  76 102  76 100 /  20  20  20  10
MLU  73 100  75  99 /  20  20  20  10
DEQ  72 102  72 101 /   0   0   0  10
TXK  75 102  76 101 /  20   0   0  10
ELD  72 102  74 101 /   0   0   0  10
TYR  76 101  75 101 /  30  20  20  10
GGG  75 101  75 101 /  30  20  20  10
LFK  75  98  75  99 /  30  20  20  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
     RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.

     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
     RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.

LA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE
     SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA
     SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
     RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER...AND WINN.

     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES:
     BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE
     SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA
     SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
     RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER...AND WINN.

OK...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
     MCCURTAIN.

     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: AND MCCURTAIN.

TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED
     RIVER...RUSK...SABINE TX...SAN
     AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND WOOD.

     HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES:
     ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED
     RIVER...RUSK...SABINE TX...SAN
     AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND WOOD.

&&

06/24/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 12:05 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 4:27 AM CDTHeat AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more15 hr
Aug 17, 2:54 PM CDTHeat AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more28 hr
Aug 16, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.