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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 14, 20084 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 14, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 14, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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 14, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster40 min
Mar 14, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Webster31 min
Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster35 min
Mar 14, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster41 min
Mar 14, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union31 min
Mar 14, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln32 min
Mar 14, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union47 min
Mar 14, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita46 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union48 min
Mar 14, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita30 min
Mar 14, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion30 min
Mar 14, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada63 min
Mar 14, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette36 min
Mar 14, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada50 min
Mar 14, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Nevada, Union41 min
Mar 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Union60 min
Mar 14, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada55 min
Mar 14, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead33 min
Mar 14, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada57 min
Mar 14, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion67 min
Mar 14, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia44 min
Mar 14, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion54 min
Mar 14, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.