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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2009, 5:01 PM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 18, 2009, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 18, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 11:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1141 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 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>167-191645- 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- 1141 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE QUICKLY DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN LOUISIANA NAD THE EAST TEXAS LAKES. ALTHOUGH SOME VERY LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION THROUGH LATE WEEK UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAINFALL. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY...THEN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS... AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. VII
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 12:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
346 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009
TXZ096-182145-
RED RIVER-
346 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BAGWELL...BOGATA...BOXELDER...CLARKSVILLE AND MANCHESTER...
AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
MANCHESTER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAIL SMALLER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
PEOPLE IN RED RIVER COUNTY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS LINE OF
STORMS.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SHREVEPORT.
D. BUTTSSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 4:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
443 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009
ARZ050-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-182245-
BOWIE-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-SEVIER-
443 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER AND BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GILLHAM...BOGATA...BOXELDER...CLARKSVILLE...DALBY SPRINGS...DE
KALB...HOOKS...MAUD...NASH...NEW
BOSTON...REDWATER...SIMMS...TEXARKANA AND WAKE VILLAGE...
AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF DE
QUEEN TO HAGANSPORT...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY ALSO OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
VIIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.