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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 9, 20095 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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: May 9, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2009, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 May 8, 6:37 PM CDT, 20 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:37 PM CDT, 20 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	42 min
May 9, 8:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	5 days
May 9, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	24 min
May 9, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	45 min
May 9, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	62 min
May 9, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	55 min
May 9, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	66 min
May 9, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	66 min
May 9, 3:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	3 hr
May 9, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Marion, Morris and 4 more	3 days
May 9, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	55 min
May 9, 6:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	4 hr
May 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	55 min
May 9, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	59 min
May 9, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	56 min
May 9, 4:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead	3 hr
May 9, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.