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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 4, 20115 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2011, 1:24 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 4, 2011, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 1:35 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Natchitoches, LA	ONE HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NATCHITOCHES CO-OP OBSERVER.
Apr 4, 1:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Natchitoches, LA	ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NATCHITOCHES CO-OP OBSERVER.
Apr 4, 1:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Montgomery, LA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN REPORTED BY GRANT PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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
Apr 4, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 1653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

662 
WUUS54 KSHV 041824
SVRSHV
LAC043-049-059-069-127-041915-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0047.110404T1824Z-110404T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
124 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JONESBORO...
  NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINNFIELD...
  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NATCHITOCHES...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NATCHITOCHES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CAMPTI...MONTGOMERY AND OLLA...

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 3184 9218 3147 9321 3154 9323 3155 9325
      3172 9335 3215 9295 3215 9281 3218 9282
      3226 9276 3235 9278 3246 9269 3247 9261
      3239 9242 3215 9231 3193 9231 3193 9222
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 240DEG 51KT 3170 9312

$$

04

1 follow-up statement

004 
WWUS54 KSHV 041852
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
152 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

LAC043-049-059-069-127-041915-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110404T1915Z/
JACKSON LA-NATCHITOCHES LA-WINN LA-GRANT LA-LA SALLE LA-
152 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR LA SALLE...GRANT...WINN...NATCHITOCHES AND JACKSON PARISHES...

AT 150 PM CDT...USING DOPPLER RADAR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WINNFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CALVIN...JOYCE...DODSON...JONESBORO...HODGE...HUDSON...EAST HODGE...
NORTH HODGE...QUITMAN...ROCHELLE...URANIA...TULLOS...STANDARD...
SIKES...OLLA AND CHATHAM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
NATCHITOCHES WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 9321 3196 9293 3208 9288 3215 9281
      3218 9282 3226 9276 3235 9277 3246 9269
      3247 9261 3239 9242 3215 9231 3194 9231
      3193 9222 3184 9218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 243DEG 46KT 3186 9279

$$

04

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 4, 11:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 11:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1137 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

.DISCUSSION...
THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES A STRONG EWD PUSH ACROSS SW AR/E TX LATE
THIS MORNING...WITH A LINE OF CONVECTION TRANSLATING E ACROSS AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS NCNTRL
LA. IN FACT..SBCAPES HAVE INCREASE TO NEAR 2000 J/KG AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS NOW BEGINNING TO BECOME
NEUTRALLY TILTED ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS S INTO CNTRL OK/TX.
THUS...CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASING TREND...IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SE ZONES THAT HAVE YET TO BE
AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT CONVECTION/ATTENDANT GUST FRONTS.

MEANWHILE...STRONG NW WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE BEEN ONGOING
THIS MORNING ACROSS CNTRL OK/NCNTRL TX...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO
25-35+ KTS. THUS...THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
00Z AREAWIDE...BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE WITH A RELAXING
PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE.

THE ZONE UPDATE THIS MORNING ENCOMPASSES LOWERING TEMPS
SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH READING HAVING FALLEN INTO
THE MID 50S. NOT MUCH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
STRONG NW WINDS AND POSTFRONTAL CLOUD COVER WILL LINGER...WITH
TEMPS STRUGGLING TO REACH THE LOWER 60S. HAVE ALSO EXTENDED SVR
WATCH 90 TO ENCOMPASS THE REMAINDER OF OUR ERN NCNTRL LA PARISHES
THROUGH 20Z...WHILE CANCELLING THE WATCH FATHER W BEHIND THE
FRONT.

UPDATE ALREADY OUT...GRIDS WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.

15

&&

.AVIATION...
A LINE OF STRONG TSTMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST HOUR...
AND EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE HAS ALSO SLOWED DOWN. SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED WITH STORMS. THIS LINE COULD REINTENSIFY
WITH MORE SVR STORMS POSSIBLE OVER EAST TX LAKES AND PARTS OF NORTH
LA...AS AFTN HEATING AIDS THE DELAYED ONSET OF STORM ARRIVAL...INCLUDING
THE MLU TERMINAL. CURRENT STORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST
OF THE ELD...SHV...AND LFK TERMINALS BTWN 17-18Z. CONVECTION HAS
CEASED AT TXK...GGG...AND TYR...WITH NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KTS...GUSTS OVER
35 KTS PSBL...FOR MUCH OF AFTN. SKIES BECMG MOSTLY VFR SKC ABOUT 2
HOURS FOLLOWING NW WSHFT...BUT WITH SOME PATCHY MID AND UPPER LVL
CLOUDS. NW WINDS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT LOWERING DEWPOINTS IN
COLDER AIR SHOULD PRECLUDE FOG DEVELOPMENT...DESPITE SKC SKIES AND
WET GROUND OVERNIGHT. /VII/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  70  41  70  47  77 /  80  10   0   0   0
MLU  79  40  69  44  77 /  80  20   0   0   0
DEQ  66  33  69  42  75 /  10  10   0   0   0
TXK  68  37  70  45  76 /  20  10   0   0   0
ELD  71  38  70  44  77 /  80  10   0   0   0
TYR  68  40  72  49  77 /  10  10   0   0   0
GGG  69  40  72  47  77 /  20  10   0   0   0
LFK  71  41  75  46  79 /  80  10   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

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

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

15/07

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 11:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1151 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-
136>138-149-150-051200-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
1151 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

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

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

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...BEHIND A
STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH PASSED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS
MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AHEAD OF AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AS IT
BUILDS SOUTH INTO TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND DURING NEXT WEEKEND...AS A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

ARZ072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ151>153-165>167-051200-
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-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-
SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1151 AM CDT MON APR 4 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...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
EAST NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS...NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. STRONG
INSTABILITY AND DYNAMICS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE
RICH MOISTURE FEED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE
STRONGER STORMS...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO 30 MPH...WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
SOUTH INTO TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND DURING NEXT WEEKEND...AS A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
DEEP EAST TEXAS...ALL OF NORTH LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS.

15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1207 PM CDT MON APR 04 2011

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

0848 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PRESCOTT            33.77N 93.39W
04/04/2011                   NEVADA             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FIVE HOMES DAMAGED, 3 OF THESE DUE TO DOWNED TREES, SOUTH
            OF PRESCOTT NEAR EMMETT CLOSE TO HWY 53 AND HWY 24.

0848 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N PRESCOTT            33.84N 93.39W
04/04/2011                   NEVADA             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES, TREES DOWN, LARGE OAK TREES DOWN NORTH
            PORTION OF NEVADA COUNTY

&&

LFRANTZ

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1207 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

LAZ013-017>020-041745-
GRANT-JACKSON-NATCHITOCHES-SABINE-WINN-
1207 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     JACKSON...WINN AND GRANT...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     NATCHITOCHES AND SABINE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     MONTGOMERY...NATCHITOCHES AND WINNFIELD...

AT 1202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. SMALL HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN NATCHITOCHES LA

04

Local storm report, Apr 4, 12:43 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1243 PM CDT MON APR 04 2011

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

1204 PM     HAIL             NATCHITOCHES            31.76N 93.10W
04/04/2011  E0.25 INCH       NATCHITOCHES       LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ALONG HWY 1 IN NATCHITOCHES

&&

04

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:55 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1255 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

LAZ011-012-017>020-041845-
BIENVILLE-GRANT-NATCHITOCHES-RED RIVER-SABINE-WINN-
1255 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     BIENVILLE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES AND SABINE...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     WINN AND GRANT...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     CAMPTI...MANY...MONTGOMERY AND NATCHITOCHES...

AT 1251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANY...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ANACOCO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

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

04

Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:02 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
102 PM CDT MON APR 04 2011

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

0102 PM     HAIL             9 SE SHREVEPORT         32.38N 93.69W
04/04/2011  E0.25 INCH       CADDO              LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CALLED IN FROM LONG LAKE SUBDIVISION

&&

04

Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:12 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
112 PM CDT MON APR 04 2011

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

0854 AM     TORNADO          2 S FOUKE               33.23N 93.89W
04/04/2011                   MILLER             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE 2
            MILES SOUTH OF FOUKE. A TREE WAS DOWNED ON A HOUSE...AND
            SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED IN A PATH.

&&

DUPLANTIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	61 min
Apr 4, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	54 min
Apr 4, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	57 min
Apr 4, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	59 min
Apr 4, 10:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	2 hr
Apr 4, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	43 min
Apr 4, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn	49 min
Apr 4, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	36 min
Apr 4, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	26 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.