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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 2, 20119 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 2, 2011, 3:43 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 3, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2011, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 3, 2011, 6:46 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
All 26 counties

Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 2, 3:17 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:17 PM CST, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 11:57 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1157 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>151-031200-
BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-FRANKLIN-
GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NEVADA-PANOLA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SEVIER-SMITH-
TITUS-UNION AR-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WOOD-
1157 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011

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

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

A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH MAY PERSIST TONIGHT...LOWERING WIND
CHILLS TO VERY COLD READINGS.

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

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH AREAS OF SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST TEXAS THURSDAY
EVENING...AND SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS OF THE FOUR STATE AREA NEED
TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LAZ005-006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-031200-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-DE SOTO-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-
NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-UNION LA-WINN-
1157 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011

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

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

A FREEZE IS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE
UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS ABOUT 10 MPH...THE
WINDS CHILL READINGS WILL DROP TO VERY LOW READINGS.

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

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST TEXAS
THURSDAY EVENING...AND SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD
DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...AS
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT CONCERNING THIS WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 2, 3:43 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
343 PM CST WED FEB 02 2011

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

0824 AM     TORNADO          5 N MANY                31.64N 93.47W
02/01/2011                   SABINE             LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTH OF MANY
            LOUISIANA. DAMAGE PATH WAS ROUGHLY 6 MILES LONG AND 50
            YARDS WIDE AND EXTENDED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. DAMAGE
            CONSISTED OF SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED...SPLIT IN
            HALF...OR THEIR TOPS RIPPED OFF. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS WERE
            BROKEN OFF ALONG THE PATH.

&&

DUPLANTIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 9:35 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningSHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more11 hr
Feb 2, 3:29 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningSHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more16 hr
Feb 2, 3:43 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisorySHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Louisiana, 2011Winter Storm Watches in Texas, 2011Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.