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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 455, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 9, 2008, 4:59 AM CST for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Dec 9, 2008, 4:59 AM CST (10:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 5:45 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 4:11 AM CST | Tornado 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 Dec 9, 4:29 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 4:29 AM CST, 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 12:00 PM CST, 16 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST MON DEC 8 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>167-091200- 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 CST MON DEC 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND POSSIBLY INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BY DAYBREAK. A LOW LEVEL JET IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AT THE SURFACE. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ALSO...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A COLD FRONT...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER TROUGH ADVANCES SLOWLY EAST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS WITH A SLIGHT RISK INCLUDE DEEP EAST TEXAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND MOST OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLY SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola | 25 min |
| Dec 9, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Smith | 46 min |
| Dec 9, 8:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison | 24 min |
| Dec 9, 9:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Panola | 42 min |
| Dec 9, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 41 min |
| Dec 9, 5:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Red River | 39 min |
| Dec 9, 6:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 56 min |
| Dec 9, 9:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Winn | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 10:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 63 min |
| Dec 9, 11:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 37 min |
| Dec 9, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Webster | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 42 min |
| Dec 9, 12:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 51 min |
| Dec 9, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 41 min |
| Dec 9, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle | 30 min |
| Dec 9, 12:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 62 min |
| Dec 9, 1:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 41 min |
| Dec 9, 1:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches | 56 min |
| Dec 9, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 35 min |
| Dec 9, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Winn | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 2:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson | 23 min |
| Dec 9, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 20 min |
| Dec 9, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Winn | 37 min |
| Dec 9, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn | 30 min |
| Dec 9, 4:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle | 55 min |
| Dec 9, 5:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Ouachita | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.