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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 11, 20094 counties in Texas; Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2009, 1:26 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas; Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 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: Feb 11, 2009, 1:26 AM CST (07:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2009, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Sabine Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 10, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 11, 1:04 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 547 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 10.5

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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 Feb 11, 1:14 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 1:14 AM CST, 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
114 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

.DISCUSSION...
A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. AS SUCH...TORNADO WATCH 15 HAS
BEEN ISSUED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER UNTIL 6 AM. THIS UPDATE
IS TO INCLUDE THE NEW WATCH.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 825 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/

DISCUSSION...
ALL IS QUIET ON THE HOME FRONT BUT THAT WILL BE CHANGING RAPIDLY
A LITTLE LATER THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY WATCHING CONVECTION NOW
BEGINNING TO TRANSITION INTO A SQUALL LINE WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS. STILL SEEING SOME ROTATION IN A FEW
OF THESE STORMS AND THIS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED AS THE LINE MOVES
CLOSER TOWARDS THE REGION BUT FEEL LIKE THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BECOME A STRAIGHT LINE WIND THREAT AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME LARGE HAIL WITH THE EMBEDDED STRONGER
CORES AS WELL. TOR WATCH #10 WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AND WILL BE
EXTENDED OF COURSE AND LIKELY PUSHED FARTHER EAST TO ENCOMPASS MUCH
OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS.

FOR NOW...NO CHANGES IN THE GRIDS ARE NECESSARY.

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AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS NOW WITH SPOTTY SHOWERS...THE SQUALL LINE WILL ENTER OUR
AREA AND MOVE INTO KTYR/KGGG 04Z TO 05Z. KSHV AND KTXK AROUND 06Z OR
SO. KELD AND KLFK AROUND 08Z AND KMLU JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK.  TEMPO
GROUPS FOR LOW CEILINGS/VSBY...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WIND GUST LOOK TO AFFECT ALL SITES. MUCH BETTER DAY TOMORROW WITH
SKIES PARTING AND WINDS VEERING SW DAYBREAK TO NW BY MIDDAY AROUND
15KTS. /24/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  45  69  54  70  42 /   0   0  10  10  10
MLU  44  67  52  67  44 /   0   0  10  20  10
DEQ  37  68  44  63  32 /   0   0   0  10   0
TXK  44  67  51  64  40 /   0   0  10  10  10
ELD  40  68  48  67  38 /   0   0  10  10  10
TYR  46  71  53  69  38 /   0   0   0  10  10
GGG  45  70  52  70  40 /   0   0   0  10  10
LFK  45  75  54  69  43 /   0   0   0  20  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ060-061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017.

OK...NONE.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES:
     TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

BUTTS

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST, 13 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-111200-
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 TUE FEB 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER...
TEXAS...TO SHREVEPORT...LOUISIANA...TO EL DORADO...ARKANSAS.  A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE FOUR STATE REGION.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR.  A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO AFFECT THE FOUR STATE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT.  WITH THE COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR...
JET STREAM DYNAMICS...AND INSTABILITY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
BECOME SEVERE.

ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO THE WEST OF A MINEOLA TEXAS TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA
LINE.  THESE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL POSE THE GREATEST
RISK OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT...COULD AFFECT NORTHEAST TEXAS EARLY
THIS EVENING.  AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.  THE SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AROUND MIDNIGHT...PROBABLY REACHING EL
DORADO...MONROE...AND JENA BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUP...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FOUR STATE REGION TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 11:43 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1143 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

1137 PM     HAIL             10 S TYLER              32.18N 95.30W
02/10/2009  M0.88 INCH       SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN FLINT TX.

1130 PM     HAIL             TYLER                   32.33N 95.30W
02/10/2009  M1.00 INCH       SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER.

&&

ASTEVENS

Local storm report, Feb 10, 11:59 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1159 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

1159 PM     HAIL             OVERTON                 32.28N 94.97W
02/10/2009  M0.75 INCH       RUSK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ASTEVENS

Local storm report, Feb 11, 12:38 AM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1238 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

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

1122 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TYLER                   32.33N 95.30W
02/10/2009                   SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON HOME ON KENDALL DRIVE OFF OF OLD
            JACKSONVILLE RD

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RUSK                    31.80N 95.15W
02/10/2009                   CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY

1157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KILGORE                 32.39N 94.87W
02/10/2009                   GREGG              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN THE CITY OF KILGORE

&&

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 12:47 AM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1247 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

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

1245 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 E MARSHALL            32.54N 94.30W
02/11/2009  E55 MPH          HARRISON           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS ESTIMATED 55 MPH GUST

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 10:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	62 min
Feb 10, 11:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus, Upshur, Wood	41 min
Feb 10, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola and 4 more	56 min
Feb 11, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	65 min
Feb 11, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	48 min
Feb 11, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	46 min
Feb 11, 10:55 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	5 hr
Feb 11, 1:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more	41 min
Feb 11, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	50 min
Feb 11, 2:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	52 min
Feb 11, 2:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	61 min
Feb 11, 3:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita	41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.