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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 6:04 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2008, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Wnw Nacogdoches, TX | SEVERAL TREES DOWNED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSHV 032304 SVRSHV TXC073-347-401-040000- /O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0430.080803T2304Z-080804T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 604 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS... EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUSK... SOUTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES EAST OF RUSK...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF NACOGDOCHES... AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 19 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSK BY 700 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3153 9494 3184 9518 3200 9478 3179 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 059DEG 17KT 3186 9480 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KSHV 032342 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 642 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 TXC073-347-401-040000- /O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-080804T0000Z/ RUSK TX-CHEROKEE TX-NACOGDOCHES TX- 639 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES...EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTIES... AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE STRETCHING ACROSS EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...FROM 7 MILES WEST OF REKLAW... TO NEAR ALTO...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 24 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3196 9488 3168 9476 3153 9494 3184 9518 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 060DEG 12KT 3176 9500 $$ 18
000 WWUS54 KSHV 032358 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 658 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 TXC073-347-401-040007- /O.EXP.KSHV.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-080804T0000Z/ RUSK TX-CHEROKEE TX-NACOGDOCHES TX- 657 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES... EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT... STORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3196 9488 3168 9476 3153 9494 3184 9518 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 060DEG 12KT 3173 9506 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.