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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 26, 20114 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 5.6
Supercell composite: 23.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

541 
WUUS54 KSHV 270149
SVRSHV
TXC183-203-401-423-270230-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0162.110427T0149Z-110427T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
849 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  NORTHERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HENDERSON...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NEW LONDON...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF KILGORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MONROE...LAKEPORT...OAK HILL...CHURCH HILL...STEWART...CHALK
  HILL...CHAPMAN AND EASTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED SOME WEAK
ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 9504 3252 9445 3223 9455 3221 9458
      3213 9459 3216 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 267DEG 24KT 3226 9488

$$

ELEVEN

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 26, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
256 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

.DISCUSSION...

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ALL ELEMENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR LARGE
HAIL...TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. MOST OF THE SEVERE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR...
WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO CORRELATE WELL WITH THE ONGOING FLASH FLOOD
WATCH. CAPE VALUES ACROSS THE CWA IN THE WARM SECTOR ARE ALREADY
OVER 3000 JOULES WITH A LIFTED INDEX NEAR MINUS 10. ALL THAT IS
NEEDED IS A TRIGGER...WHICH SHOULD ARRIVE IN WESTERN AREAS AROUND
00Z. HOWEVER...A BRIEF ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL OCCUR ALONG A WARM
FRONT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES NORTH OUT OF
THE AREA. BY 06Z...A DRY INTRUSION WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND THIS SHOULD PUT AN END TO MOST OF THE CONVECTION BY 12Z.

ON WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...
FOLLOWED BY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER
EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEXT SYSTEM DIGS INTO THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
TO THE FOUR STATE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER
EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS THE REGION ARE FORECAST TO IMPROVE AS DIURNAL
MIXING ALLOWS FOR EROSION OF THE CLOUD DECK BY 00Z. INCREASED SOUTH
WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS PERSISTING THROUGH 06Z ACROSS
MOST LOCATIONS. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO INITIATE
CONVECTION BY 21Z...SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF  PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS...TURBULENCE...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO
DIMINISH AFTER 06Z WEDNESDAY WITH MVFR CEILINGS PERSISTING THROUGH
15Z. OTHERWISE...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED BY 18Z. /05/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  69  79  53  79  53 /  60  30  10   0   0
MLU  70  81  52  75  50 /  60  40  10   0   0
DEQ  56  70  43  76  46 /  80  50  10   0   0
TXK  66  74  49  77  52 /  80  40  10   0   0
ELD  66  75  47  77  48 /  80  50  10   0   0
TYR  65  75  52  78  54 /  60  10  10   0   0
GGG  67  79  51  78  52 /  60  20  10   0   0
LFK  69  82  53  82  51 /  40  10  10   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112.

&&

14/05

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151-271100-
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-MCCURTAIN-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS ALL OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY...

THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR A VIOLENT OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AND
HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF
SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE REGION WITH A VIOLENT AND POTENTIAL DEADLY
TORNADO OUTBREAK EXPECTED. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL
ALSO ACCOMPANY THE CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR THIS
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.

LAZ017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-271100-
SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES-
SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH A VERY
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...SOME OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS THREAT WILL INCREASE AS WE
TRANSITION INTO THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON BUT
ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR THE
POTENTIAL OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:56 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
756 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0708 PM     TORNADO          4 SE MARSHALL           32.50N 94.30W
04/26/2011                   HARRISON           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOME DESTROYED ON BLOCKER ROAD

&&

04

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
817 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0758 PM     TORNADO          KICKAPOO                32.20N 93.85W
04/25/2011                   DE SOTO            LA   PUBLIC

            TORNADO SIGHTED NEAR KICKAPOO.

&&

15

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
825 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0800 PM     LIGHTNING        5 NNW STONEWALL         32.33N 93.84W
04/26/2011                   CADDO              LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            HOUSE ON FIRE ALONG KEITHVILLE-SPRINGRIDGE ROAD DUE TO
            LIGHTNING

&&

04

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:36 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
836 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0810 PM     TORNADO          FRIERSON                32.25N 93.70W
04/25/2011                   DE SOTO            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN THE DITCH AND DEBRIS IN THE ROAD ALONG I-49
            BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 191.

&&

15

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:39 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
839 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0750 PM     TORNADO          TYLER                   32.33N 95.30W
04/25/2011                   SMITH              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN ON THE TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE
            CAMPUS. DAMAGE AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURE IN TYLER.

&&

15

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:43 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
843 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0842 PM     HAIL             SW RINGGOLD             32.33N 93.28W
04/26/2011  E1.00 INCH       BIENVILLE          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER OUTAGES AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR BISTENEAU

&&

04

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	50 min
Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	47 min
Apr 26, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Rusk, Shelby	57 min
Apr 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Panola	49 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur	43 min
Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Smith	35 min
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk	54 min
Apr 26, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	49 min
Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	49 min
Apr 26, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River, Titus	57 min
Apr 26, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	55 min
Apr 26, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine, Shelby	56 min
Apr 27, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	67 min
Apr 27, 1:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Angelina, San Augustine	32 min
Apr 27, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	42 min
Apr 27, 2:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	47 min
Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus	59 min
Apr 27, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	60 min
Apr 27, 7:30 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	12 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.