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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 28, 20117 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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: Jun 28, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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
Jun 28, 7:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cookville, TX	TREES DOWN ADJACENT TO A CONVENIENCE STORE IN COOKVILLE.
Jun 28, 7:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Cookville, TX	QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL AT A CONVENIENCE STORE IN COOKVILLE.
Jun 28, 7:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pittsburg, TX	POWER LINES DOWN IN PITTSBURG.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

015 
WUUS54 KSHV 290015
SVRSHV
TXC037-063-067-315-343-449-459-290115-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0268.110629T0015Z-110629T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
715 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  EASTERN CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PITTSBURG...
  WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT...
  NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  COOKVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
  PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NAPLES...OMAHA...ROCKY BRANCH...CASON...DAINGERFIELD...HUGHES
  SPRINGS...JENKINS...LONE STAR...CEDAR SPRINGS AND ORE CITY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3321 9504 3330 9457 3280 9444 3278 9469
      3279 9470 3278 9471 3274 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 350DEG 23KT 3320 9482

$$

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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 Jun 28, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
319 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

.DISCUSSION...
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR CLARKS
LOUISIANA AT 3 PM CDT...CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY INTO THE 80S AS THE BOUNDARY PASSES
BY. IT MAY BE STRONG ENOUGHT TO TRAVERSE THE ENTIRE CWA BY
EVENNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE
BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES SOUTHWEST...THUS WILL CONTINUE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. THE MAIN THREAT IS GUSTY WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD
BE VERY ISOLATED.

WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW POPS FOR TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA DUE
TO THIS STRONG BOUNDARY...AND FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE CWA FOR
WEDNESDAY. AFTER WEDNESDAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER RIDGE WILL TAKE
OVER LIMITING CONVECTION THROUGH ABOUT SUNDAY. INTERESTINGLY...BY
SUNDAY OR SO...THE RIDGE LOOKS TO BE FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO ALLOW FOR
EASTERLY WAVES TO POSSIBLY EFFECT THE SOUTH PART OF THE
CWA...INCLUDING EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SO WILL HAVE
MORE LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HEAT INDEX READINGS SHOULD CONTINUE TO NEAR THE 105 THRESHOLD FOR
A HEAT ADVISORY...BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS
TIME...SINCE THIS IS STILL IN QUESTION.

&&

.AVIATION...
SOUTHWEST MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE
CWA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NW AND MAY GUST TO NEAR 20 KTS. LIGHT
SRLY WINDS SHOULD RETURN BEFORE 29/06Z. SCATTERED TSTMS HAVE TRIED
TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OUTFLOW BUT HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME
MAINTAINING THEMSELVES. THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET
WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE BEGINS TO STABILIZE. OTHERWISE...VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THE LONE
EXCEPTION BEING KLFK WHERE SOME MVFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN
29/11Z-29/15Z.
/09/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  76  99  76  99  75 /  20  10  10  10  10
MLU  76  98  76  99  73 /  30  20  10  10  10
DEQ  73  97  74  98  74 /  20  20  10  10  10
TXK  75  98  75  98  75 /  20  20  10  10  10
ELD  74  96  74  99  73 /  30  20  10  10  10
TYR  76  99  76  99  76 /  20  10  10  10  10
GGG  76  99  76  99  76 /  20  10  10  10  10
LFK  75  99  75  98  74 /  20  10  10  10  10

&&

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

03/09

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 12:15 PM CDT, 7 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ARZ060-061-071>073-291100-
COLUMBIA-HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-NEVADA-UNION AR-
1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND IT MAY TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF
WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE
INSTABILITY. GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY WARM
HEAT INDEX READINGS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH THE
HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURE NEAR 105 EACH AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

ARZ050-051-059-070-LAZ001>006-010>014-018>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-138-291100-
BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO-
FRANKLIN-GRANT-HARRISON-HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-
MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA-
RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-TITUS-UNION LA-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

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

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT MAY
TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE.
THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM
HEATING...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE INSTABILITY. GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 96 TO 100 DEGREES
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM
102 TO 106 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NEAR
EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

LAZ017-TXZ136-137-149>153-165>167-291100-
ANGELINA-CHEROKEE-GREGG-NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-SMITH-
1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

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

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 96 TO 100 DEGREES
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM
102 TO 106 DEGREES.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NEAR
EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0529 PM     HAIL             IDABEL                  33.90N 94.82W
06/28/2011  E1.75 INCH       MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLING IN IDABEL.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0540 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW IDABEL             33.85N 94.88W
06/28/2011  M66 MPH          MCCURTAIN          OK   MESONET

            MEASURED AT THE IDABEL OKLAHOMA MESONET STATION.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
609 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0506 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLLY CREEK             33.98N 94.82W
06/28/2011                   MCCURTAIN          OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWNED IN THE HOLLY CREEK COMMUNITY.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:17 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
617 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0615 PM     HAIL             AVERY                   33.55N 94.78W
06/28/2011  E1.75 INCH       RED RIVER          TX   PUBLIC

&&

MBERRY

Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:24 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
624 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SILVER CITY             33.85N 95.05W
06/28/2011                   RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 37 NEAR SILVER CITY AND THE RED
            RIVER BORDERING MCCURTAIN COUNTY

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E ENGLISH             33.63N 94.84W
06/28/2011                   RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS FM 114 BETWEEN THE ENGLISH COMMUNITY
            AND THE BOWIE COUNTY LINE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:42 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
642 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOXELDER                33.47N 94.88W
06/28/2011                   RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BOXELDER

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood	57 min
Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Smith, Upshur, Wood	66 min
Jun 28, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith	59 min
Jun 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.