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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 8, 2008Bowie County, Texas; Hempstead County, Little River County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2008, 4:27 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; Hempstead County, Little River County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 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 8, 2008, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Apr 8, 3:49 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:49 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 12:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-091100-
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 8 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. WITH COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...
LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 30.

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

PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING...FROM WEDNESDAY
INTO EARLY FRIDAY...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION.
THE WARM FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT...WHICH MAY
CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
424 PM CDT TUE APR 08 2008

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

0412 PM     HAIL             HOOKS                   33.47N 94.29W
04/08/2008  E1.50 INCH       BOWIE              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL AT THE RED RIVER
            ARMY DEPOT.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	7 days
Apr 8, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	61 min
Apr 8, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood	46 min
Apr 8, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus, Upshur	43 min
Apr 8, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	41 min
Apr 8, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	37 min
Apr 8, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	40 min
Apr 8, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	63 min
Apr 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	35 min
Apr 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	25 min
Apr 8, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.