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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 10, 2008Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; 4 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2008, 9:52 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; 4 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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: May 10, 2008, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Union County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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
May 10, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
May 10, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 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 May 10, 8:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 8:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 8:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 9:15 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 9:16 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 9:28 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 9:36 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 9:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	60 min
May 10, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 3 more	56 min
May 10, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	46 min
May 10, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Harrison, Panola	55 min
May 10, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	43 min
May 10, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	54 min
May 10, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	63 min
May 10, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto, Red River	58 min
May 10, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita	64 min
May 10, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	59 min
May 10, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada	53 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	44 min
May 10, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	40 min
May 10, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	49 min
May 10, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	60 min
May 10, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	35 min
May 10, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2008 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.