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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 14, 2010Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 7:39 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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 14, 2010, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2010-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 639 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 2010-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 May 14, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
520 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

.DISCUSSION...
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN EASTWARD MOVING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY,,,HAS CONIINUED TO INCREASE...WITH A FEW STORMS BECMG
MARGINALLY SVR. WATCH ISSUED FOR NE TX/SE OK/SW AR UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
STORMS MOVING DUE NORTH IN DEEP SOUTH FLOW./VII/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  68  84  67  83  67 /  50  50  40  50  40
MLU  67  86  66  83  65 /  30  50  40  50  40
DEQ  65  81  63  80  61 /  80  50  40  50  40
TXK  66  83  65  81  64 /  70  50  40  50  40
ELD  66  84  65  80  64 /  50  50  40  50  40
TYR  67  83  67  84  67 /  60  50  30  50  40
GGG  67  83  67  84  66 /  60  50  30  50  40
LFK  69  84  68  85  68 /  50  50  30  50  40

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 11:45 AM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1145 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-150-151-151645-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA-
1145 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

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

A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOUR
STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MOST
OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...NO
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE
REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY...ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION ON SUNDAY AND
INTO MONDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND MAY REACH UP
TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

LAZ010-011-017>022-TXZ149-152-153-165>167-151645-
DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-
LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
1145 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

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

A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOUR
STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 DURING
THIS TIME FRAME. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE
REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY...ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION ON SUNDAY AND INTO
MONDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...AN OCCASIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 6:50 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

0600 PM     HAIL             3 E BULLARD             32.14N 95.27W
05/14/2010  E1.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           TX   PUBLIC

            HAIL UP TO ONE INCH FELL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

&&

CWS
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Local storm report, May 14, 7:35 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
735 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

0729 PM     HAIL             NEW BOSTON              33.46N 94.42W
05/14/2010  E0.75 INCH       BOWIE              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

CWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass52 min
May 14, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo61 min
May 14, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier66 min
May 14, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.