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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 3, 2008Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2008, 2:39 PM CST for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 3, 2008, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 3:30 PM CST
In force
51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 350 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 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 Mar 3, 11:18 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 11:18 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1118 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
AS OF 11 AM...A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS STRETCHING FROM NEAR LUFKIN
TX...TO NEAR SHREVEPORT...TO HOPE AR...MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 30
MPH...AND TRIGGERING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST
AHEAD OF IT. WITH THE ONSET OF DAYTIME HEATING...AND VISIBLE IMAGERY
INDICATING HOLES DEVELOPING IN THE STRATOCU FIELD ACROSS CENTRAL
LA...WE CAN EXPECT THIS LINE OF STORMS TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONALLY...DUE TO THE STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
NORTHERN LA AND EXTREME EASTERN TX...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
POSSIBLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

TO TOP ALL OF THIS OFF...LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30 CAN ALSO
EXPECT SNOWFALL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY IN THE
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OF THIS SYSTEM. ANYWHERE FROM A HALF INCH TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN MC CURTAIN COUNTY OK. HOWEVER...WITH GROUND
TEMPERATURES BEING RELATIVELY WARM ACROSS THAT AREA...DO NOT EXPECT SNOW
TO LAST FOR VERY LONG. /18/

UPDATES WILL BE OUT SOON...

&&

.AVIATION...
THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING EAST AT 25-30KT ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND SW
ARKANSAS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SOME LOCALLY SEVERE...
ALONG AND BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT. CIGS/VSBYS LOWERING
TO IFR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT... GENERALLY CIGS AOB 010 TOPS
NEAR 10 THSD FT VSBYS AOB 3MI AND SOUTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 KTS WITH
GUSTS TO 30 KTS SHIFTING TO NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 20 KTS BEHIND THE
FRONT. WITH COLDER AIR SPILLING IN TO SE OKLAHOMA AND SW ARKANSAS
EXPECT ICING IN WRAP AROUND CLOUDS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES DROP TO
BELOW 35 DEGREES SHORTLY AFTER NOON. WINDS IN ARKLATEX FAIRLY STRONG
AS SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET REMAINS AHEAD OF THE FRONT PRODUCING A
FAIRLY BUMPY RIDE BELOW 10 THSD FT. THUS... VFR NOT RECOMMENDED OVER
ARKLATEX THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTLK... CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING
TO MVFR BY 00Z OVER ARKLATEX AND TO VFR CLOUDS AND WIND ON TUESDAY.
/01/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  71  34  53  35 / 100  60  10  10
MLU  73  36  52  33 / 100  70  10  10
DEQ  64  30  49  33 / 100  70  10  10
TXK  67  32  51  34 / 100  70  10  10
ELD  71  33  50  34 / 100  70  20  10
TYR  68  33  57  35 / 100  60  10  10
GGG  70  33  55  35 / 100  60  10  10
LFK  71  34  59  35 / 100  40  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
     RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...LAFAYETTE...MILLER...NEVADA...AND
     UNION AR.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE
     RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...AND SEVIER.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY 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.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY 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...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     AND MCCURTAIN.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: AND MCCURTAIN.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY 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.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...FRANKLIN...MORRIS...RED
     RIVER...AND TITUS.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ANGELINA...BOWIE...CASS...CHEROKEE...HARRISON...MARION...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RUSK...SABINE
     TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...AND SHELBY.

&&

18/01
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 11:01 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1101 AM CST MON MAR 03 2008

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

1038 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHALL                32.54N 94.35W
03/03/2008                   HARRISON           TX   PUBLIC

            DAYCARE ON WEST HOUSTON ST WEST OF DOWNTOWN NEAR SMALL
            CREEK EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 9:36 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more23 hr
Mar 3, 4:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchSHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more12 hr
Mar 3, 4:35 AM CSTSnow AdvisorySHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more23 hr
Mar 3, 6:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Smith, Wood53 min
Mar 3, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Gregg, Rusk, Upshur60 min
Mar 3, 7:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Smith56 min
Mar 3, 7:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorris, Titus67 min
Mar 3, 7:47 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Morris, Red River58 min
Mar 3, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion67 min
Mar 3, 8:09 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie66 min
Mar 3, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Rusk38 min
Mar 3, 9:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVAnderson, Cherokee, Houston47 hr
Mar 3, 9:37 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Red River, Titus45 days
Mar 3, 9:37 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris48 days
Mar 3, 10:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison2 hr
Mar 3, 10:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVWebster12 days
Mar 3, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto42 min
Mar 3, 8:39 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier47 min
Mar 3, 8:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller61 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.