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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 15, 2008Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2008, 3:51 AM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 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 15, 2008, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA

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 15, 1:16 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 May 15, 1:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
129 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

.DISCUSSION...
QUICK UPDATE JUST SENT TO ADD TOR WATCH 324 FOR ALL BUT MCCURTAIN AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES TIL 15Z. ALSO ADDED SVR AND MENTION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...WHILE RAISING POPS TO CATEGORICAL FOR ALL OF E TX/WRN
LA...WITH WICKED BOW ECHO ACCELERATING E ACROSS NE TX ATTM. GONNA BE A
LONG NITE.

UPDATE ALREADY OUT.

15

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  76  57  78  57 /  50  20  10  10
MLU  80  57  75  54 /  60  30  10  10
DEQ  71  49  76  54 /  40  10  10  10
TXK  74  52  76  56 /  50  20  10  10
ELD  74  53  76  55 /  50  20  10  10
TYR  76  55  78  56 /  50  10  10  10
GGG  76  54  78  56 /  50  10  10  10
LFK  82  59  79  55 /  60  30  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...
     MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     MCCURTAIN.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY 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.

&&

15

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 12:00 PM CDT, 15 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 14 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>167-151100-
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 WED MAY 14 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...COULD BRING A FEW
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THIS MUCH ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION
COULD BRING SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS TO AREAS WHICH HAVE NOT
ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT...THOSE AREAS THAT
DID RECEIVE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE RENEWED SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE BIGGEST
AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY METRO AREA...
ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF BOTH NORTH LOUISIANA
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...WILL BE EXPERIENCING A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING ISSUES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH ISOLATED
TORNADOES A POSSIBILITY AS WELL...MAINLY FOR THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...SOUTHWARD. ONGOING ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING
ACROSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...IMPLY AN ENHANCED SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT FOR THAT REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE
UPPER LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL THE COLD FRONT ENDS THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 2:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
243 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

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

0109 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WINNSBORO               32.96N 95.29W
05/15/2008                   WOOD               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.

&&

JD

Local storm report, May 15, 2:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

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

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE GILMER             32.78N 94.88W
05/15/2008                   UPSHUR             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

&&

JD

Local storm report, May 15, 2:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
248 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

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

0210 AM     HAIL             APPLEBY                 31.72N 94.61W
05/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       NACOGDOCHES        TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JD

Local storm report, May 15, 2:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
249 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

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

0210 AM     HEAVY RAIN       APPLEBY                 31.72N 94.61W
05/15/2008  E1.40 INCH       NACOGDOCHES        TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            OCCURRED IN 15 MINUTES.

&&

JD

Local storm report, May 15, 2:51 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, May 15, 2:52 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
252 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

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

0224 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LUFKIN                  31.33N 94.73W
05/15/2008  E1.99 INCH       ANGELINA           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            OCCURRED IN 1 HR.

&&

JD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	4 days
May 14, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	4 days
May 14, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	59 hr
May 14, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	8 days
May 14, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	6 days
May 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Wood	26 min
May 15, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 4 more	29 min
May 15, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches	41 min
May 15, 2:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches	3 hr
May 15, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	45 min
May 15, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	45 min
May 15, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	22 hr
May 14, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster	33 hr
May 15, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Winn	44 min
May 15, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Winn	39 min
May 15, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	33 min

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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.