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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 401, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 28, 2008Harrison County, Marion County, Panola County, Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 9:49 PM CDT for Harrison County, Marion County, Panola County, Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 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 28, 2008, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Panola County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	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 Jun 28, 9:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 12:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108-109-111-290130-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-MORRIS-RED RIVER-TITUS-
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
     LITTLE RIVER

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCCURTAIN

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
     RED RIVER...BOWIE...TITUS...FRANKLIN AND MORRIS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ARKINDA...FOREMAN...WINTHROP...BAGWELL...BOGATA...BOXELDER...
     CLARKSVILLE...DALBY SPRINGS...DE KALB...HAGANSPORT...HOOKS...NEW
     BOSTON...SIMMS...US 259 AND I 30 INTERSECTION AND WILKERSON

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOREMAN TO 10 MILES EAST OF
CLARKSVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
23 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF BOGOTA...TALCO...
BOXELDER...DEKALB...AND FOREMAN DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IDABEL OKLAHOMA
RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH DURING
THE LAST HALF HOUR.

LAT...LON 3380 9531 3376 9489 3385 9434 3340 9423
      3327 9466 3330 9530 3346 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 337DEG 20KT 3378 9454 3363 9487
          3374 9536

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

LAZ002-290145-
BOSSIER-
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISH
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
     BOSSIER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     PLAIN DEALING

AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF PLAIN DEALING...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...AS IT DRIFTS NORTHEAST BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 3 AND 157.

LAT...LON 3302 9369 3302 9353 3289 9361 3290 9373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 209DEG 8KT 3295 9366

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ061-070>073-290245-
COLUMBIA-LAFAYETTE-MILLER-NEVADA-UNION-
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     UNION

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NEVADA...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE AND MILLER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ATLANTA...BRADLEY...BRIGHTSTAR...BUCKNER...BUSSEY...CANFIELD...
     DODDRIDGE...EL DORADO...EMERSON...FOUKE...LISBON...MACEDONIA...
     MAGNOLIA...MCNEIL...MOUNT HOLLY...SMITHLAND...TAYLOR...
     VILLAGE...WALDO AND WESSON

AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF
WAKE VILLAGE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALDO TO STEPHENS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MAGNOLIA
AND EL DORADO DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES.

WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO
38 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THE TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH
THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL LIMBS AND ROLL ANY
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE
ANY LOOSE ITEMS BEFORE THESE STORMS APPROACH.

LAT...LON 3307 9261 3302 9294 3304 9402 3336 9402
      3335 9347 3349 9311 3339 9310 3338 9287
      3315 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 318DEG 21KT 3331 9407 3328 9339
          3340 9309

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:02 PM CDT, 47 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
Jun 28, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Red River	55 min
Jun 28, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	39 min
Jun 28, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Marion, Morris, Titus and 2 more	58 min
Jun 28, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Marion	28 min
Jun 28, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	67 min
Jun 28, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith	56 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	43 min
Jun 29, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	37 min
Jun 29, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	59 min
Jun 29, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	28 min
Jun 29, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches	43 min
Jun 29, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	53 min
Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	36 min
Jun 28, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	62 min
Jun 28, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	61 min
Jun 28, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.