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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 10, 20096 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2009, 8:40 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 10, 2009, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1677 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.7

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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 Jun 10, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-111059-
BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-FRANKLIN-GREGG-
HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-MCCURTAIN-
MILLER-MORRIS-NEVADA-RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS FRONT...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE...WILL PROVIDE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OF
I-20 ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

LAZ005-006-010>014-017>022-TXZ149>153-165>167-111059-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-CHEROKEE-DE SOTO-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-
LINCOLN-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RUSK-
SABINE LA-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-UNION LA-WINN-
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

VII

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus61 min
Jun 10, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSmith, Wood50 min
Jun 10, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus48 min
Jun 10, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River44 min
Jun 10, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Rusk, Smith and 2 more63 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus and 1 more50 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Morris50 min
Jun 10, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola and 1 more55 min
Jun 10, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Smith65 min
Jun 10, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass49 min
Jun 10, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion, Panola55 min
Jun 11, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Rusk, Smith51 min
Jun 11, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee59 min
Jun 11, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee65 min
Jun 10, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River and 1 more45 min
Jun 10, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster52 min
Jun 11, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more44 min
Jun 11, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Union36 min
Jun 10, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.