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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 3, 2007Hempstead County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 3, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hempstead County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 3, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 2446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 3, 10:04 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:04 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1004 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

.DISCUSSION...
WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY TO EXTEND SVR TSTMS WATCH SOUTHWARD AND
CANCEL WATCH FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY OK. STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH
SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH BUT REMAIN SCATTERED. STORMS SHOULD BEGIN
TO WEAKENEN BY THE 1 AM EXPIRATION TIME OF ORIGINAL WATCH. WILL
ADJUST WINDS AND TEMPS IN ZONES TO GO WITH SLOWER MOVEMENT OF
FRONT. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS.

&&

.AVIATION...

LATEST SURFACE OBS SHOW COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM KGYI NE TO
KBVX...MOVING SOUTHEAST.  A LINE OF SEVERE CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED
ALONG THE FRONT...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOUR-STATE AREA
OVERNIGHT.  PASSING STORMS SHOULD TEMPORARILY TAKE CONDITIONS DOWN
TO MVFR...W/RAPID CLEARING AND NORTHERLY SURFACE FLOW BEHIND THE
FRONT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  62  70  48  66 /  50   0   0   0
MLU  61  69  45  66 /  50   0   0   0
DEQ  51  68  41  63 /  40   0   0  10
TXK  55  69  44  64 /  50   0   0  10
ELD  56  68  42  65 /  50   0   0   0
TYR  59  69  47  67 /  50   0   0   0
GGG  61  68  47  67 /  50   0   0   0
LFK  69  70  48  69 /  50  20   0   0

&&

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

14/44

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 12:00 PM CDT, 10 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-041100-
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 TUE APR 3 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. INITIAL STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
EAST TEXAS IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR...AND MOVE NORTHEAST...
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE FOUR STATE AREA...TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
836 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

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

0829 PM     HAIL             BROKEN BOW              34.03N 94.74W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       MCCURTAIN          OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

JD

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
858 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

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

0847 PM     HAIL             14 N DIERKS             34.32N 94.02W
04/03/2007  E1.00 INCH       HOWARD             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JD

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:24 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1024 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

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

0930 PM     HAIL             8 NW NASHVILLE          34.02N 93.95W
04/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       HOWARD             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CENTER POINT

&&

JD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	42 min
Apr 3, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	45 min
Apr 3, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Morris, Titus	34 min
Apr 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus	45 min
Apr 3, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur	38 min
Apr 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur	47 min
Apr 4, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Wood	50 min
Apr 4, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	59 min
Apr 4, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg	63 min
Apr 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	55 min
Apr 4, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	67 min
Apr 4, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	60 min
Apr 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	50 min
Apr 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	30 min
Apr 3, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	38 min
Apr 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	44 min
Apr 3, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	29 min

Nearby

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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.