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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 6:30 PM CST for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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 Feb 5, 3:04 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:04 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
304 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
.DISCUSSION...
DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SOUTH SOUTHWEST
THROUGH WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY
MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. AS IT CROSSES THE CWA THIS EVENING...IT WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A SQUALL LINE...WHICH BRINGS THE CHANCE OF PCPN
THIS EVENING...TO NEAR 100 PERCENT...AT LEAST ACROSS EASTERN HALF
OF THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL EXIST WITH THE SQUALL LINE...
MAINLY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TORNADO POSSIBILITY HIGH OUT AHEAD OF THE
SQUALL LINE...WHERE SHEAR PROFILES ARE MOST FAVORABLE. TEMPS ALOFT WILL
ALSO BE DROPPING INCREASING THE HAIL CHANCES. THE UPPER SYSTEM STILL
MOVING SOMEWHAT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS THINKING...SO HAVE TO HOLD ON A
LITTLE LONGER TO THE RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT. FWS RADAR ALSO SHOWING
SOME LIGHT SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT.
AFTER TONIGHT...A DRY PERIOD UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL
TREND ABOVE NORMAL...EXCEPT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
&&
.AVIATION...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS TROUGH HAS MOVED LITTLE...AND REMAINS JUST
WEST OF THE OK/TEXAS PANHANDLES...WHILE SFC OBSERVATIONS SHOW A
WELL-DEFINED COLD FRONT FROM KDFW-KROC. ALSO NOTED WAS A WEAK
DRYLINE REACHING FROM KDFW-KHDO. 18Z NAM RUN PUSHES FRONT/DRYLINE
INTO KTYR BY 00Z...AND KMLU BY 06Z. KSHV 18Z SOUNDING SHOWS
FAST-ERODING CAP...AND STILL REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...W/H7-H5 LR/S
STILL IN EXCESS OF 7C/KM. FOR AVIATION CONCERNS...LATEST FORECAST
SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN MVFR CEILINGS UNTIL FROPA...EXCEPT FOR LOWER
DURING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH SFC WINDS TO VEER
TO WEST AS FROPA APPROACHES/MOVES THRU...THEN IMPROVING CEILINGS TO
VFR.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 44 54 34 61 / 70 0 0 10
MLU 47 55 33 60 / 100 0 0 10
DEQ 40 51 31 56 / 30 0 0 10
TXK 41 52 34 57 / 50 0 0 10
ELD 44 53 30 59 / 90 0 0 10
TYR 41 55 37 62 / 30 0 0 10
GGG 42 55 33 62 / 40 0 0 10
LFK 44 59 37 66 / 60 0 0 10
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY 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...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
AND MCCURTAIN.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY 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.
&&
14/44Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 12:00 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST TUE FEB 5 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>167-061200- 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 TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...ADJACENT NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AS WELL AS NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL EXTEND INTO THE EVENING HOURS... UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 53 min |
| Feb 5, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 24 min |
| Feb 5, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 54 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2008Every 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.