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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 29, 201221 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this heat advisory at Jul 29, 2012, 2:23 AM CDT for 21 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 29, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2012, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 29, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
All 47 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, 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, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 16 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1261 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 28, 11:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 11:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 12:17 PM CDT, 14 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1217 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-291100-
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-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1217 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012

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

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 8:23 PM CDT, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
823 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE CLARENCE           31.76N 92.96W
07/28/2012                   WINN               LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES ON ON HIGHWAY 71 IN THE
            ST. MAURICE COMMUNITY.

&&

RWILLIS
Local storm report, Jul 28, 8:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
830 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SIKES                   32.08N 92.49W
07/28/2012                   WINN               LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MANY TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN SIKES.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 8:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 9:23 PM CDT, 5 hours before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 10:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Winn46 min
Jul 28, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Winn55 min
Jul 28, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Union56 min
Jul 28, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion53 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Texas, 2012Heat Advisories in Louisiana, 2012Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2012Every heat advisory in 2012

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.