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Lake Wind Advisory 41, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 9, 201213 counties in Texas; 4 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this lake wind advisory at Dec 9, 2012, 11:53 PM CST for 13 counties in Texas; 4 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 9, 2012, 11:53 PM CST (05:53 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2012, 11:01 AM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
All 26 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, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2012-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 928 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 2012-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind 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 lake wind advisory went out at Dec 9, 9:38 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 9:38 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 11:55 AM CST, 11 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1155 AM CST SUN DEC 9 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>167-101800-
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-
1155 AM CST SUN DEC 9 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...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF AROUND 1000 J/KG.
AVAILABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO...BY SUNSET THIS EVENING...A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO
ORGANIZE...BRINGING THE FOCUS TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A
TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS LOW LEVEL WINDS
STRENGTHEN FURTHER. THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

NO NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 9:53 PM CST, 2 hours before
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Special weather statement, Dec 9, 9:55 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:04 PM CST, 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 8:51 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine3 hr
Dec 9, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn38 min
Dec 9, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Natchitoches, Winn24 min
Dec 9, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Winn46 min
Dec 9, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn50 min
Dec 9, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita35 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Texas, 2012Lake Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2012Lake Wind Advisories in Louisiana, 2012Every lake wind 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.