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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2008, 2:21 PM CDT for Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2008, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
Counties Howard County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 10:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 10:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 12:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1204 PM CDT WED JUL 23 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>167-241100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1204 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE COMBINES WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEEN ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS THE CIRCULATION AROUND DOLLY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND LIFT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT FLASHES OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. BUTTS
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
221 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
ARZ050-051-232015-
HOWARD-SEVIER-
221 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
SEVIER AND HOWARD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ATHENS...CENTER POINT...CORINTH...DE QUEEN...DIERKS...GILLHAM
AND UMPIRE
AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WICKES...TO
ATHENS...TO 8 MILES EAST OF UMPIRE...MOVING SOUTH AT 16 MPH. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF GILLHAM AND DIERKS BETWEEN 235
AND 245 PM.
WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. SHOULD THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3436 9393 3428 9392 3427 9391 3419 9391
3418 9380 3397 9382 3398 9437 3420 9436
3421 9425 3435 9426 3436 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 350DEG 14KT 3430 9433 3429 9391
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada, Union | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.