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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 392, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 26, 2008Natchitoches Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 3:05 PM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 26, 2008, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 268 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 26, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 26 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>167-271100-
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 THU JUN 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE
REGION TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. HOWEVER MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LIGHTNING...WHICH CAN BE
DEADLY...SO IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN BE STRUCK.
NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WEEK AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE REGION WILL BE
IN A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR DEVELOPMENT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME
THUNDERSTORMS. NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...
WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSmith40 min
Jun 26, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Rusk44 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion43 min
Jun 26, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMarion38 min
Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLaSalle36 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita32 min
Jun 26, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier, Caldwell, Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more65 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier31 min
Jun 25, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward50 min
Jun 26, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.