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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 25, 20114 parishes in Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 62 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 W Farmerville, LA
May 25, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 W Farmerville, LA	DIME SIZE TO GOLF BALL, HIGH WIND. PATRICK CHURCH AND STATE HIGHWAY 2.
May 25, 7:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	10 Ne Farmerville, LA
May 25, 7:58 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ssw Farmerville, LA	AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OVER BAYOU DARBONNE AND MOVED EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST FARMERVILLE. A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE SHORELINE AND ALONG TERRAL ISLAND ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED EAST ALONG HWY 2 NEAR THE END OF THE TRACK. T
May 25, 8:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	S Farmerville, LA
May 25, 8:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	Farmerville, LA	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES INSIDE CITY LIMITS. POWER OUTAGES AT OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS UNION PARISH. TREES BLOCKING SOME ROADS.
May 25, 8:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Wnw Farmerville, LA	AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF FARMERVILLE SOUTH OF HWY 2 AND TRACKED EAST NORTHEAST. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE SNAPPED. THE HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. APPROX 2 HOMES SUSTAINED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

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
May 25, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 1872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 10.7

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The text

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

191 
WUUS54 KSHV 260028
SVRSHV
ARC139-LAC027-061-073-111-260130-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0224.110526T0028Z-110526T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
728 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  EAST CENTRAL CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HUTTIG...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE         
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE STORM WAS       
  LOCATED NEAR BERNICE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THE     
  OTHER WAS LOCATED NEAR AURELLE AND STRONG...AND BOTH ARE MOVING    
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FARMERVILLE...STRONG...LAPILE AND STERLINGTON...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3267 9279 3289 9280 3327 9223 3322 9222
      3321 9218 3313 9210 3310 9213 3301 9206
      3296 9208 3280 9205 3272 9206 3271 9197
      3267 9194 3266 9191 3265 9191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 269DEG 33KT 3279 9267

$$

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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 25, 7:23 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:23 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
723 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

.UPDATE...REMOVED WESTERN COUNTIES FROM TOR 374 AND LAKE WIND
ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AIR CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHWEST INTO EAST TEXAS AND WILL DROP COUNTIES FROM TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 374 IN WAKE OF THE DRIER AIR. STORMS AHEAD OF THE DRY
LINE CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND WITH SOME SHOWING ROTATION. SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND DEEP EAST TEXAS. /06/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  62  83  59  90  68 /  30  10  10  10  10
MLU  63  84  58  90  66 /  50  10  10  10  10
DEQ  55  78  53  85  63 /  10  10  10  10  20
TXK  57  79  55  87  64 /  20  10  10  10  20
ELD  59  80  55  87  64 /  50  10  10  10  10
TYR  60  82  61  89  69 /  20  10  10  10  10
GGG  60  83  59  90  68 /  20  10  10  10  10
LFK  63  87  62  92  69 /  30  10  10  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 12:27 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1227 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ097-112-
126-137-138-149>153-165>167-261730-
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-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-BOWIE-CASS-MARION-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1227 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST TODAY ACROSS DEEP
EAST TEXAS...NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. A WARM
AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND MAKE
CONDITIONS RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS SHOULD INITIATE IN
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM AND CONTINUE
EASTWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS UPGRADED SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TO A
MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS MEANWHILE A SLIGHT RISK AREA
GENERALLY COVERS AREAS EAST OF A NASHVILLE ARKANSAS...TEXARKANA
TEXAS...LONGVIEW TEXAS...JACKSONVILLE TEXAS LINE AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND HAIL ARE
ALL POSSIBLE IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR
THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

OKZ077-TXZ096-108>111-124-125-136-261730-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-SMITH-
1227 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER
NO SEVERE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
557 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

LAZ010-011-017-018-TXZ153-260000-
DE SOTO-NATCHITOCHES-RED RIVER-SABINE-SHELBY-
557 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN EASTERN TEXAS...
     SHELBY...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES AND DE SOTO...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     CONVERSE AND COUSHATTA...

AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CONVERSE...OR 20
MILES SOUTH OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Special weather statement, May 25, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ARZ072-073-LAZ002>004-006-260000-
BOSSIER-CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-UNION-WEBSTER-
600 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     COLUMBIA...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
     UNION...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     UNION...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     CLAIBORNE...BOSSIER AND WEBSTER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     ATLANTA...EMERSON...JUNCTION CITY...BERNICE...COTTON VALLEY...
     HAYNESVILLE...HOMER...SAREPTA AND SHONGALOO...

AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COTTON VALLEY...OR 14 MILES
SOUTH OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Special weather statement, May 25, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
614 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

LAZ017-TXZ153-166-167-260015-
SABINE-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-
614 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN EASTERN TEXAS...
     SABINE...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     SABINE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     MANY...ZWOLLE...BLAND LAKE...GENEVA...HEMPHILL...MACUNE...
     ROSEVINE AND SAN AUGUSTINE...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MACUNE...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF
CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
615 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0529 PM     HAIL             1 NE BLANCHARD          32.60N 93.87W
05/25/2011  E0.75 INCH       CADDO              LA   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, May 25, 7:05 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
705 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0637 PM     HAIL             1 N SAN AUGUSTINE       31.54N 94.11W
05/25/2011  E1.75 INCH       SAN AUGUSTINE      TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROBERTS COMMUNITY, NORTH OF SAN AUGUSTINE, REPORTED BY
            SHERIFF AT THAT COMMUNITY.

&&

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Local storm report, May 25, 7:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
712 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0649 PM     HAIL             HOMER                   32.79N 93.06W
05/25/2011  E0.75 INCH       CLAIBORNE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	61 min
May 25, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Union	48 min
May 25, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita and 2 more	57 min
May 25, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Ouachita, Union	30 min
May 25, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle and 4 more	66 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	32 min
May 25, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	30 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle, Winn	39 min
May 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	44 min
May 25, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.