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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Shreveport, LA
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING WHERE THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND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.
&&
13Hazardous 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.
&&
09Local 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.
&&
15Local 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.
&&
15Local 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.
&&
15Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:13 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>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.
&&
15The 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, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith | 41 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, 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 |
| Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Webster | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Red River, Union | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita, Union | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 2 more | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Natchitoches and 3 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Ashley, Union | 4 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.