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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 2010Sabine County, Texas; Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2010, 7:43 AM CDT for Sabine County, Texas; Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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
Apr 24, 2010, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2010, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Sabine County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2010-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 12:00Z on 2010-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-462 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.2

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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 Apr 24, 7:21 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:21 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 5:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
546 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

ARZ060-061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-
251100-
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-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
546 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

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

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PROGRESSING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
FOUR STATE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A SURFACE LOW SLIDES
ACROSS THE REGION. WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS WILL REMAIN ACTIVATED THROUGH THIS MORNING.
OTHERWISE...FURTHER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151-
251045-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-
TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-
CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
540 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

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

WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A SURFACE LOW SLIDES ACROSS THE
REGION. WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IS NOT EXPECTED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT.

05

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
601 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0540 AM     HAIL             9 S SHREVEPORT          32.34N 93.80W
04/24/2010  E1.00 INCH       CADDO              LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

12
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
603 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0540 AM     HAIL             9 SE SHREVEPORT         32.38N 93.69W
04/24/2010  E1.00 INCH       CADDO              LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

12
Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0525 AM     HAIL             SHREVEPORT              32.47N 93.80W
04/24/2010  E1.25 INCH       CADDO              LA   PUBLIC

            BAYOU BEND DR. NEAR LEONARD RD.

&&

12
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:01 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
701 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0545 AM     HAIL             5 S BOSSIER CITY        32.45N 93.66W
04/24/2010  E0.88 INCH       BOSSIER            LA   PUBLIC

            JUST NORTH OF TAYLORTOWN

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:13 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:32 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass45 min
Apr 23, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Rusk58 min
Apr 23, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCherokee, Rusk48 min
Apr 23, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches40 min
Apr 24, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Wood63 min
Apr 24, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVWood19 min
Apr 24, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Gregg, Morris, Titus, Upshur49 min
Apr 24, 3:06 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more18 hr
Apr 24, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Red River46 min
Apr 24, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion50 min
Apr 24, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster35 min
Apr 24, 5:51 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster39 min
Apr 24, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union51 min
Apr 24, 6:23 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVLincoln, Union52 min
Apr 24, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion38 min
Apr 24, 7:12 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion33 min
Apr 24, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine52 min
Apr 24, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn44 min
Apr 24, 8:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn52 min
Apr 23, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada38 min
Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada45 min
Apr 23, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLafayette, Miller48 min
Apr 24, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.