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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 27, 2011Sabine County, Texas; Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 1:33 AM CDT for Sabine County, Texas; Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 42 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 27, 2011, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River 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 26, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 26, 9:33 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2270 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 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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 27, 1:17 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 1:17 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
117 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

.UPDATE...
UPDATED ZONES TO CLEAR HARRISON...PANOLA...RUSK AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH #223 AND ALL OF OUR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH #222. REDEVELOPMENT IS UNCERTAIN ATTM
ACROSS NE TX BUT THE AIRMASS HAS BEEN WORKED OVER PRETTY WELL.
KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING WHERE THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND
BEEFED POPS UP TO LIKELY CATEGORY WHERE THE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT. ALSO LOWERED TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE
REGION INCLUDING NE TX/SW AR AND WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA WHERE CURRENT TEMPS WERE ALREADY BELOW FCST MINS.

ALSO CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OUT NORTHERN AREAS AS
ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING.
WILL ADDRESS LAKE WIND ADVISORY WITH THE ROUTINE 4 AM PACKAGE.

UPDATED ZONES ALREADY SENT...13.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  79  53  79  53  87 /  30  10   0   0   0
MLU  81  52  75  50  84 /  40  10   0   0   0
DEQ  70  43  76  46  83 /  50  10   0   0   0
TXK  74  49  77  52  84 /  40  10   0   0   0
ELD  75  47  77  48  84 /  50  10   0   0   0
TYR  75  52  78  54  83 /  10  10   0   0   0
GGG  79  51  78  52  85 /  20  10   0   0   0
LFK  82  53  82  51  86 /  10  10   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...NONE.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 12:00 PM CDT, 13 hours 33 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 27, 12:38 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1238 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

1213 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HUDSON                  31.33N 94.80W
04/27/2011                   ANGELINA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON MT. CARMEL ROAD OFF OF HWY 94
            WEST.

&&

09
Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1244 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

1233 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ZWOLLE                  31.64N 93.64W
04/27/2011                   SABINE             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN ZWOLLE.

&&

15
Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1258 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

1135 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JONESBORO               32.24N 92.71W
04/26/2011                   JACKSON            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES ARE DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

1250 AM     FLASH FLOOD      JONESBORO               32.24N 92.71W
04/27/2011                   JACKSON            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

&&

15
Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:03 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
103 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

0102 AM     TSTM WND GST     MONROE                  32.51N 92.08W
04/27/2011  M81 MPH          OUACHITA           LA   ASOS

            AT THE MONROE REGIONAL AIRPORT.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:13 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:23 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
123 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

0100 AM     HAIL             NATCHITOCHES            31.76N 93.10W
04/27/2011  E0.75 INCH       NATCHITOCHES       LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS WERE MEASURED IN
            NATCHITOCHES.

0100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NATCHITOCHES            31.76N 93.10W
04/27/2011                   NATCHITOCHES       LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Marion50 min
Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Wood47 min
Apr 26, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Rusk, Shelby57 min
Apr 26, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVPanola49 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVGregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur43 min
Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Smith35 min
Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith41 min
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk54 min
Apr 26, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison49 min
Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola49 min
Apr 26, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Red River, Titus57 min
Apr 26, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine55 min
Apr 26, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine, Shelby56 min
Apr 27, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby67 min
Apr 27, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVAngelina, San Augustine32 min
Apr 27, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine47 min
Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus59 min
Apr 27, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass60 min
Apr 27, 7:30 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more12 hr
Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo23 min
Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Webster46 min
Apr 26, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster50 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River45 min
Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Webster32 min
Apr 26, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster38 min
Apr 26, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln25 min
Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson50 min
Apr 26, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union44 min
Apr 26, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln35 min
Apr 26, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Union45 min
Apr 26, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union41 min
Apr 26, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Ouachita46 min
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster43 min
Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion46 min
Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster46 min
Apr 26, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita42 min
Apr 26, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita23 min
Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Red River, Union44 min
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Union54 min
Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn51 min
Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Union45 min
Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union61 min
Apr 26, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita, Union47 min
Apr 26, 11:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita4 hr
Apr 27, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 2 more61 min
Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine46 min
Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita44 min
Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn55 min
Apr 27, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Natchitoches and 3 more59 min
Apr 27, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, LaSalle31 min
Apr 27, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn60 min
Apr 27, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita6 hr
Apr 27, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster38 min
Apr 26, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward31 min
Apr 26, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Sevier43 min
Apr 26, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion37 min
Apr 27, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada64 min
Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada58 min
Apr 27, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada55 min
Apr 27, 6:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada4 hr
Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAshley, Union4 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.